Shane Ingrey

Shane is a Dunghutti (Bellbrook, Northern NSW) and Dharawal (Coastal Sydney) descendant and has a background in microbiology and molecular biology of bacteria and fungi that live within medicinal plants of Kamay (Botany Bay).

Shane has worked as a cultural heritage officer for the La Perouse Local Aboriginal Land Council, is a key member of both the La Perouse Aboriginal community led Gadhungal Research Program and Dharawal Language Program (La Perouse). Shane is the research manager at the Gujaga Foundation who is in partnership with the UNSW node for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures (CIEHF).

Shane is a post-doctoral researcher in Dharawal knowledge systems on plants and their uses on Coastal Sydney.