'Nicole Watson is a member of the Birri-Gubba People and the Yugambeh language group. She has a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Queensland, a Master of Laws from the Queensland University of Technology and is currently (2009), enrolled in the PhD program at the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University. The topic of Nicole's thesis is a comparative analysis of the privatisation of Indigenous lands in Australia, the United States of America and New Zealand.
Watson was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 1999. She has worked for Legal Aid Queensland, the National Native Title Tribunal and the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency. Nicole Watson is a former editor of the Indigenous Law Bulletin and her area of research is the legal recognition of Indigenous relationships with land.' Source: www.jumbunna.uts.edu.au/ (Sighted 09/09/2009).
In 2011 Nicole joined Tracker magazine as a monthly columnist.