Minding Culture: Case-Studies on Intellectual Property and Traditional Cultural Expressions

Ms Terri Janke BA LLB

Terri Janke is the Solicitor Director of Terri Janke & Company Pty Ltd, a law firm based in Sydney, Australia. The firm’s charter is to advance the protection of Indigenous Australian people in respect of intellectual and cultural property matters. The firm represents Indigenous artists, cultural organisations, writers, musicians, filmmakers and broadcasting organisations, and others across many fields of the arts and cultural practice.

Terri is a graduate of the University of New South Wales from which she holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree and a Bachelor of Arts Degree. Terri is admitted as a Legal Practitioner of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the High Court of Australia. Terri is also the President of Ngalaya Indigenous Lawyers Association.

Terri is the author of Our Culture: Our Future: A Report on Australian Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights. This report was the result of a consultation project she undertook in 1997 – 1999, under commission by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission. Terri has also written many papers and presented widely on issues relating to Indigenous cultural and intellectual property.

Terri is a descendant of the Meriam people of the Torres Strait Islands and the Wuthathi clan of Cape York Peninsula.

Contact:
Terri Janke and Company Pty Ltd
PO Box 780
Rosebery NSW 1445
Australia

Ph: 61 2 9693 2577
Fax: 61 2 9693 2566
Email: tjc@terrijanke.com.au