Matthew Ngamurarri Heffernan is a Pintupi-Luritja
creative-technologist, ANU PhD student at the School
of Cybernetics, and a writer from central Australia. He
is a champion of sharing Indigenous voices through
technology, and has worked extensively to share
and conserve the knowledge of Indigenous peoples.
Through his previous role as lead developer at Indigital,
Australia’s first Indigenous tech education company,
Matthew helped to make the digital landscape more
accessible to and inclusive of Indigenous young
people. Matthew also worked on the development of
Indigemoji and kaytetemoji, Australia’s first brand
of Indigenous emojis designed by young Indigenous children and guided by
Elders on Country. Matthew has written for Indigenous X, the Guardian and
Red Room Poetry.