Associate Professor Fabri Blacklock is a Nucoorilma, Ngarabal and Biripi woman from New South Wales, Australia. She also has English and Scottish ancestry. She is a Scientia Research Fellow at UNSW Art and Design, Sydney. As an artist, historian, curator and educator she is passionate about improving equity in education for Aboriginal people. Her research utilizes Aboriginal Research Methodologies of yarning, art making and deep listening, working in partnership with Aboriginal people to create tangible benefits and outcomes. She is a textile artist who encompasses environmentally friendly arts practices utilizing natural dyes from Australian native plants to hand dye natural materials. Her practice involves the revival and teaching of NSW Aboriginal women’s artistic practices like possum skin cloak making, dyeing and weaving. She is particularly interested in the combination of traditional Aboriginal art practices with modern technologies and materials as a continued way of sharing knowledge and culture, as well as the important role art plays in wellbeing in Aboriginal communities. She is a member of the Myall Creek Memorial Committee, which acknowledges and raises awareness of massacres of Aboriginal people across Australia and the continued impact of colonization on Aboriginal people.