Part-time member

Mr Robert (Bob) Faulkner PSM is a part-time member of the National Native Title Tribunal based in Sydney. He was appointed to the Tribunal in August 2004.

Mr Faulkner is an Anaiwon man from northern New South Wales and lives at Moonbi near Tamworth, New South Wales.

Mr Faulkner has had a long career in the Australian Public Service.

He has extensive experience in providing advice about Indigenous affairs to governments. He has been extensively involved in community organisations that focus on Indigenous affairs, including establishing the first reconciliation group in Tamworth and being the Vice-Chair of the New South Wales Reconciliation Committee.

In the Australia Day Honours for 2003, Mr Faulkner was awarded a Public Service Medal for outstanding public service in the delivery of improved services to Indigenous communities, particularly of inland northern New South Wales.

Mr Faulkner is a custodian of Aboriginal sites in the Moonbi area north of Tamworth and conducts cultural tours of the bush and national parks. He is also an authorised marriage celebrant and Justice of the Peace.