Dr Michael Volkerling

Dr Michael Volkerling with the Female Orphan School building in the background.

Dr Michael Volkerling died suddenly on 13 June, 2014 in Sydney. Michael worked with the University of Western Sydney's Institute for Culture and Society since 2011, in a variety of roles including adjunct researcher and Principal Research Fellow. At ICS he was greatly respected and much admired for his cultural policy expertise, and his sustained publication record in cultural policy studies. Michael had been working on a number of current projects at ICS.

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The Institute for Culture and Society is located in Parramatta, “the place where the eel sets down” in Dharug language,
along the north bank of the Parramatta River. It sits on the traditional lands and waters of the Burramattagal people of the Dharug Nation,
who have been stewards and caretakers of these territories since time immemorial, in what today is referred to as Greater Western Sydney,
one of the most diverse cultural communities in the world and home to the largest number of Indigenous Australians in the country.
The Institute for Culture and Society acknowledges the Dharug, Eora, Dharawal (also referred to as Tharawal)
and Wiradjuri peoples as traditional custodians and Indigenous knowledge-holders, whose storytelling serve
as historical record, a form of teaching and learning, a way to care for Country,
and an expression of Indigenous culture and identity.