Elizabeth Tsitsikronis

Senior Project Manager (P/T)
Native Title Research Unit

Contact: elizabeth.tsitsikronis@aiatsis.gov.au

Elizabeth is a Sydney born Jerrinja woman, who spent most of her schooling life in Canberra. During her high school years in Canberra, Elizabeth was inspired to study law after feeling powerless to address the injustices she had witnessed at the hands of the criminal justice system.

In 2007, Elizabeth graduated from the University of Canberra with a Bachelor of Laws, and was awarded the Indigenous Law Student Achievement Award. Elizabeth was the first Indigenous woman to graduate with a law degree from the University of Canberra.

From 2008 to 2009, Elizabeth worked at the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department formulating policy in relation to the National Legal Aid Program, extending and reviewing the jurisdiction of federal courts, and reviewing federal policing and law enforcement.

From 2009 to date, Elizabeth has been employed as a solicitor at the Crown Solicitor’s Office of New South Wales. During her employment at the Crown Solicitor's Office, Elizabeth has practiced in the areas of civil litigation, commercial litigation, criminal prosecutions, coronial inquiries, state tax law, and debt recovery.

Elizabeth is currently still employed at the Crown Solicitor's Office full time, and is managing an AIATSIS native title research project from home, on a part-time basis. The AIATSIS project Elizabeth is currently working on focuses on the legal and practical implications of the ownership, management and use of native title lands.