Professor Noel Loos taught at James Cook University, Townsville, he had conducted 'research into Aboriginal mission history, frontier conflict, the place of Aborigines in colonial society, and the evolution of government policies for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people.' (UQP website 2007). In the 1970s Loos had poineered the development of teacher education programs in Queensland for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people. In 1996, he had edited Edward Koiki Mabo: His Life and Struggle for Land Rights which was published by UQP. (Source: UQP website)
