Clint Bracknell

As a music-maker and language revivalist from the south coast Noongar region of Western Australia, I am interested in the connections between song, language, and landscapes. My work intersects with applied linguistics, ecomusicology, Australian studies, and Indigenous studies. I am lead Chief Investigator for ARC DI project 'Restoring on-Country Performance' and a Chief Investigator for ARC LIEF project 'Nyingarn: A platform for primary sources in Australian Indigenous languages', ARC DI project 'The role of First Nations’ music as a determinant of health', and ARC Linkage project 'Life After Digitisation: Future-Proofing WA's Vulnerable Cultural Heritage'. After working as an ESL and music teacher, I helped establish the major in Indigenous Knowledge at the University of Western Australia, where I completed a PhD in Noongar song. At the University of Sydney I co-developed the major in contemporary music for Sydney Conservatorium of Music, before returning to Western Australia at Edith Cowan University to bolster humanities research in my home state. Recent arts-language projects I have collaborated on include a mainstage production of Shakespeare's Macbeth in Noongar (Hecate 2020), a Bruce Lee film dubbed in Noongar (Fist of Fury Noongar Daa 2021), and the multi-sensory ‘Noongar Wonderland’ performance installation in Perth Festival 2022. I serve as Deputy Chair of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) and received the 2020 Barrett Award for Australian Studies. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural history, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, language and history, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander curatorial, archives and museum studies, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander language education, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander linguistics and languages, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander media, film, animation and photography, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music and performing arts, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander repatriation, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research methods, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing, Conservation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage, Creative Arts and Writing, Indigenous Studies, Music, Music composition and improvisation, Music performance, Musicology and ethnomusicology

[2026] Book Chapter: Original dub: First-Nation voice and language revitalization. Dwyer, Tessa and Bracknell, Clint (2026). Original dub: First-Nation voice and language revitalization. The Routledge companion to voice and identity. (pp. 257-273) edited by Amy Skjerseth, Freya Jarman and Naomi Andre. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003494515-18 [2025] Journal Article: Noongar ecomusicology in southwest Australia. Bracknell, Clint (2025). Noongar ecomusicology in southwest Australia. the world of music (new series), 14 (2), 1-31. doi: 10.59998/2025-14-2-2583 [2024] Book Chapter: Learning from Music in Australia. Bracknell, Clint and Harris, Amanda (2024). Learning from Music in Australia. The Cambridge Companion to Music in Australia. (pp. 395-411) Cambridge, United Kin