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John   Burton

Research Fellow
Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining
University of Queensland (Australia)
Specialities
Development, Social Change, Social Impact Analysis, Social Mapping, Poverty, Mining, Identity, Social Organization, Population and Development
Discipline(s)
Anthropology
Member of
Australian Anthropological Society (AAS)
Geographic administrative areas
Papua New Guinea
Australia
Solomon Islands
New Caledonia
Geographic places
Australia (area)
Melanesia
Historical periods
Ancestral Oceania
First and Early contacts
The Colonial time
20th century
21st century
Indigenous languages
Tok Pisin
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Experiences
  • PhD Research (1980 to 1984)
    — Australian National University
    Thesis on traditional technology, stone axe production and exchange systems in the Papua New Guinea highlands

  • Consulting Work (1991 to 2014)
    — University of Papua New Guinea/Ok Tedi Mining Ltd
    SIA and social mapping work downstream of the Ok Tedi gold and copper mine, Western Province, Papua New Guinea

  • Consulting Work (1995 to 2012)
    — five different mining companies
    SIA and social mapping work around the Hidden Valley gold mine, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea

  • Consulting Work (2005 to 2013)
    — NQLC/other law firms
    Native Title connection research variously on behalf of the Babaram, Jirrbal, Muluridji, Warrungu and Kudjala people

  • Collaborative Project (2008 to 2014)
    — DEC/Environment Australia
    Social Mapping of traditional communities in the Kokoda Track area, Central and Oro Provinces, Papua New Guinea

  • Consulting Work (2013 to 2013)
    — PNG Mineral Resources Authority
    Running a series of workshops for the PNG Women in Mining Steering Committee

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