Tributes are flowing in following the passing of pioneering oral historian and academic Emeritus Professor Heather Goodall of the University of Technology Sydney (UTS).
Professor Goodall died peacefully on 29 January 2026, aged 75. Her work spanned Aboriginal history, labour history, environmental history, Indian Ocean studies, and public history.
A leading figure in oral history and community-based research, she worked closely with Aboriginal organisations, activists, educators and communities for decades, helping to reshape how history is researched, written and shared in Australia.
See tributes to Professor Goodall and her work:
- History Lab podcast episode featuring two in-depth conversations with UTS historian Anna Clark, where Heather traces the intellectual, political and personal threads that connect her work
- Statement by the Royal Society New South Wales
- Statement by the Professional Historians Association (NSW and ACT)
- Statement and reflections by the Australian and AOTEAROA New Zealand Environmental History Network.