Dr Robyn Smith is a Lecturer in Colonial History and Indigenous Knowledges at Charles Darwin University, a PhD (Political History), Master of Cultural Heritage and Bachelor of Arts (Journalism & Anthropology) from Darwin. She is well written on the history, heritage and politics of the NT and has authored the Northern Territory Political Chronicles in the Australian Journal of Politics and History since 2012. As part of the late Professor Lyndall Ryan’s team and Guardian Australia, Smith is a Walkley Award winner for her work on Colonial Frontier Massacres (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/the-killing-times) and in 2024 published Licence to Kill: Massacre Men of Australia’s North.
