Birri O’Dea

Birri O’Dea is a Kungalu and Birri-Gubba (Wiri) woman, currently a research assistant and First Nations Applied Management Advisory Committee (FNAMAC) member for One Basin CRC.

Her PhD research, undertaken through the Molly Wardaguga Research Centre at Charles Darwin University, explored how an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-specific maternity service could potentially help reduce statutory child removals at birth.

Involved in:

• Working with Country to Heal (November 2025)