Professor Sandra Creamer
AM
Adjunct Professor & Adjunct Professor
School of Public Health
Adjunct Professor Sandra Creamer AM is a lawyer who engages on climate change in her work at the United Nations on the rights of Indigenous Peoples and has been recognised with an Order of Australia for her leadership for First Nations women on issues of health, rights and self-determination. Sandra Creamer is the former CEO of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Alliance (NATSIWA) and Adjunct Professor of Public Health at the University of Queensland. She worked closely with the former UN Special Rapporteur for Indigenous Peoples, is the Chair of the Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI), is an advisor to the Seventh Generation Fund and a Board member of the International Indigenous Women's Forum (FIMI).
Book Chapters
Creamer, Sandra, Toombs, Maree, Tarrago, Avelina, Williams, Renee, Fraser, Jed, Curtis, Caitlin and Brolan, Claire E. (2023). More than black printed words on white paper: intergenerational health justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Australian public health law: contemporary issues and challenges. (pp. 153-178) edited by Belinda Bennett and Ian Freckelton. Alexandria, NSW Australia: The Federation Press.
Hall, Nina L. and Creamer, Sandra (2022). Menstrual health and hygiene in sustainable development goal 6. Clean water and sanitation. (pp. 413-421) edited by Walter Leal Filho, Anabela Marisa Azul, Luciana Brandli, Amanda Lange Salvia and Tony Wall. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-95846-0_170
Journal Articles
Lansbury, Nina, Mosby, Vinnitta, Creamer, Sandra J., Moggridge, Bradley, Evans, Geoffrey R., Pecl, Gretta and Ireland, Lillian (2025). Indigenous peoples’ voices and engagement on climate change: towards improved health and wellbeing. Frontiers in Climate, 7 1693544, 1-11. doi: 10.3389/fclim.2025.1693544
Moggridge, B., Mosby, V., Creamer, S. and Lansbury, N. (2025). Include Indigenous Knowledge systems in climate reports. Nature, 644 (August 21), 611-611. doi: 10.1038/d41586-025-02666-9
Lansbury, Nina, Bradford, Julia, Creamer, Sandra J. and Evans, Geoffrey (2025). Climate change impacts on drinking water security: a comparative study in Australia’s remote Central Australia and Torres Strait Islands. Journal of the Australian Indigenous HealthinfoNet, 6 (1). doi: 10.14221/2653-3219.1050
Mosby, Vinnitta, Moggridge, Bradley J., Creamer, Sandra, Evans, Geoffrey, Ireland, Lillian, Pecl, Gretta and Lansbury, Nina (2025). Voices of hard-to-reach island communities provide inclusive and culturally appropriate climate change responses: A case study from the Torres Strait Islands, Australia. The Journal of Climate Change and Health, 23 100450, 100450-23. doi: 10.1016/j.joclim.2025.100450
Manero, Ana, Adamowicz, Wiktor, Akter, Sonia, Spencer-Cotton, Alaya, Coombes, Peter J., Wyrwoll, Paul, Horne, James, Lansbury, Nina, Creamer, Sandra, Taylor, Katherine Selena, Fanaian, Safa and Grafton, R. Quentin (2024). Benefits, costs and enabling conditions to achieve ‘water for all’ in rural and remote Australia. Nature Water, 2 (1) 32, 31-40. doi: 10.1038/s44221-023-00182-6
Creamer, Sandra, Blair, Suzi, Toombs, Maree and Brolan, Claire E. (2022). Indigenous services leading the way for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care. Social Work Education, 43 (4), 913-937. doi: 10.1080/02615479.2022.2155129
Hall, Nina Lansbury, Lee, Amanda, Hoy, Wendy and Creamer, Sandra (2021). Five enablers to deliver safe water and effective sewage treatment to remote Indigenous communities in Australia
. Rural and Remote Health, 21 (3) 6565, 6565-7. doi: 10.22605/RRH6565
Hall, Nina Lansbury, Creamer, Sandra, Anders, Wendy, Slatyer, Anthony and Hill, Peter S. (2020). Water and health interlinkages of the sustainable development goals in remote Indigenous Australia. npj Clean Water, 3 (1) 10. doi: 10.1038/s41545-020-0060-z
Creamer, S. and Hall, N. L. (2019). Receiving essential health services on country: Indigenous Australians, native title and the United Nations Declaration. Public Health, 176, 15-20. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2019.08.024
Brolan, Claire E., Hall, Nina L., Creamer, Sandra, Johnston, Ingrid and Dantas, Jaya (2019). Health’s role in achieving Australia’s Sustainable Development Goal commitments. Medical Journal of Australia, 210 (5) doi: 10.5694/mja2.50040, 204-206.e1. doi: 10.5694/mja2.50040
Research Report
Lansbury, N., Moggridge, B., Creamer, S., Ireland, L., Buckley, L., Evans, G., Milsom, O., Pecl, G. and Mosby, V. (2023). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ voices and engagement in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Advice to inform the Australian Government towards IPCC Assessment Report 7. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australian Government (Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water).
Newspaper Articles
Creamer, Sandra, Lansbury, Nina, Hirvonen, Tanja and Charlson, Fiona (2025, 10 23). Standing tall for women’s mental health and wellbeing Croakey Health Media