A trawloolway man from northern lutruwita (Tasmania), Dr Deverell is the author of Contemplating Country (Wipf & Stock, 2023), Gondwana Theology (Morning Star Press, 2018) and The Bonds of Freedom (Paternoster, 2008). He is a graduate of the University of Tasmania, the Melbourne College of Divinity, and Monash University (where he completed doctoral studies in 2004). He has held the Sanderson Fellowship and a lectureship in liturgy and preaching at the Uniting Church Theological College as well as the Turner Fellowship at Trinity College Theological School, both within the University of Divinity.

Garry is an international expert in sacramental studies, especially insofar as sacraments intersect with theories concerning the formation of human selves in community. His more recent research has turned towards theologising the experience of Indigenous peoples within and beyond the colonial church.

Garry has taught courses in liturgy and preaching at Trinity College Theological School and the Uniting Church Theological College. He has also contributed to courses in ecclesiology and history at Whitley College and Monash University. In 2024 he will coordinate a unit exploring Aboriginal cultures and spiritualities.

Garry has contributed articles to Baptist, Anglican and Uniting Church denominational papers, as well as to Ethos, Cross Purposes and Zadoc Perspectives.

Garry is a canon priest of St Paul’s Cathedral in Naarm/Melbourne and a member of both the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Anglican Council and the Doctrine Commission of the Anglican Church of Australia.

University Appointments

External Affiliations

• Australian Academy of Liturgy (Member)
• The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Higher Education Consortium (NATSIHEC) (Member)