Lloyd Pigram

Research Fellow

Email: lloyd.pigram@nd.edu.au

  • Biography

    Lloyd is from the Bardi and Yawuru language groups of the North West Kimberley Region in Western Australia. Lloyd completed a Graduate Diploma in Cultural and Natural Resource Management (CNRM) with Deakin University Geelong Campus in 2019 and is currently employed at the Nulungu Research Institute, University Notre Dame Australia (UNDA). Prior to his position at UNDA, Lloyd was Special Projects Coordinator at Nyamba Buru Yawuru for a number of years, assisting with innumerable projects such as repatriating ancestral remains from international museums, curating exhibitions and  events. Prior to this Lloyd was worked across a range of community development projects in community services in areas relating to first nations spiritual, mental and physical health.

  • Teaching areas

    As part of his role as a Research Fellow, Lloyd shares Nulungu's commitment in providing accessible opportunities for professional development available to the community and abroad. His experience and skills bring added value to the team of highly experienced researchers delivering the 'Two-way Research: Collaborating through Indigenous Methodologies' and the 'Introduction to Cultural Heritage Management' courses delivered through Nulungu.

  • Research expertise and supervision

    Lloyd's growing research profile includes as a lead researcher on the collaborative project entitled "Yagarrajalajalan Nagula Buru - We all care for saltwater country” within the Joint Management of the Yawuru Nagulagun Roebuck Marine Park. He is also a member of the Nulungu research team Remote Community Energy Poverty Project,which has been collaborating with the University of Western Sydney and Original Power out of the NT. Their project's landmark report, 'A Right to Power', documents electricity disconnections across four Australian jurisdiction in remote Indigenous Australia occurring at an average of 49 times per year.

  • Book chapters

    • Appleby N., Pigram, L., & Edgar, T. (2023). Bugarrigarra Nyurdany, Because of the Dreaming. Everywhen: Australia and the Language of Deep History, 57.
    • Dobbs, R.J., Pyke, M., Gregory, P., Maher, E., Lee, V., Edgar, M., Dolby, S., Pigram, L., Lawford, G., Mathews, D., Melbourne, J., Wysong, M., Setterfield, S., Douglas, M. (2022). Developing a Yawuru bilarra (wetland) monitoring program. Perth: The University of Western Australia and Northern Australia Threatened Species Recovery Hub.

  • Journal articles and proceedings

    • Edgar, J., Pigram, L., & Yu, S. (2018). Sharing country, sharing sovereignty: Reviving the needs of country. Griffith Review, 60.
    • Appleby, N., Pigram, L., Skyring, F., & Yu, S. (2020). The Tides are Turning.
    • Griffin, D., Douglas, M., Harradine, S., Coombs, J., Carr, C., Clarke, J., … Gore-Birch, C. (2024). Amplifying Indigenous Australian Voices in the Conservation and Management of Rock Art. Studies in Conservation, 69(sup1), 117–126. https://doi.org/10.1080/00393630.2024.2350239

  • Conference papers

    • 2025, Presenter, WA Biodiversity Conference - Integrating ecological, social and cultural values of coastal waters: The case of dugongs and turtles on Yawuru Nagulagun
    • 2025, Attendee, Energy Consumers Australia Forsighting Furum 2025
    • 2024, Panel Member, Sharing Community-Owned Narratives to Heritage Management at Australian Archaeology Association Conference

  • Curated exhibitions or events

    • Chad Creighton & Emilia Galatis (2025) Killa: Pindan to Plate
    • Nyamba Buru Yawuru. (2023). Wanggajarli Burugun: we are coming home; Yawuru's story of repatriation. Broome, W.A.
    • Western Australian Museum. (2021). Lustre: Pearling & Australia. Broome, W.A.
    • Nyamba Buru Yawuru. (2018). Bugarrigarra Nyurdany: Because of the dreaming. Broome, W.A.
    • Nyamba Buru Yawuru. (2018). Jetty to Jetty: Shinju Matsuri festival event. Broome, W.A.