Ted Wilkes

Birdiya Noongar Cultural Consultant

Ted Wilkes is a Noongar Elder who holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social Science and his professional background includes working for the WA Museum, the Centre for Aboriginal Studies at the Curtin University of Technology, and 16 years as the Director of the Derbarl Yerrigan Aboriginal Health Service in Perth. Previously, he was also Associate Professor at the National Drug Research Institute at Curtin University, Associate Professor at the Centre for Developmental Health at the Telethon Institute of Child Health, a member of the Australian National Advisory Council on Alcohol and Drugs and a member of the Australian National Council on Drugs and Chair of the National Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Committee. In 2014 Ted was made a Member of the Order of Australia 'for distinguished service to the Indigenous community as a leading researcher in the area of public health and welfare, to youth in Western Australia, and to the provision of legal support services' and in 2016 received the Australian Medical Association President's Award.