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Remote Australia is a vast and complex area. To create opportunity, foster social inclusion and drive economic development in this region, you need a comprehensive knowledge base to drive change.

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Remote Australia Online is for those who want to delve deeper into the complexities of remote Australia: its intricate and interconnected networks, the geographical, social, cultural and environmental influences, its opportunities, challenges, and to understand just what makes this unique region tick.

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Ready for work: stories of innovative vocational education and training for regional and remote Indigenous students at Charles Darwin University

  • Author: Waters, Melinda
  • Publisher: Charles Darwin University
  • Published: 2019

A common theme in Indigenous vocational education and training (VET) policy and literature is the imperative for educators to be culturally sensitive to the needs, priorities and interests of regional…

Submission to the independent review into regional, rural and remote education

  • Authors: John Guenther, Robyn Ober
  • Publisher: Department of Education and Training
  • Published: 2017

The Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education emerged in the early 1970s in response to changes in government policies towards self-determination and self-management. These policies and the resulting structures that…

Publications, Resources & Bibliographies

  • Author: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, NCCARF
  • Published: Various

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  • Author: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
  • Published: Various

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Clearinghouse Publications

  • Author: Closing the Gap Clearinghouse
  • Publisher: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare & Australian Institute of Family Studies
  • Published: Various

A clearinghouse for research and evaluation evidence on what works to overcome Indigenous disadvantage.

Integrating Indigenous Ecological Knowledge and Science in Natural Resource Management: Perspectives from Australia

  • Authors: Erin Bohensky, James Butler, Jocelyn Davies (Eds)
  • Published: 2013

Australian Aboriginal Peoples’ Seasonal Knowledge: a Potential Basis for Shared Understanding in Environmental Management – Suzanne M Prober, Michael H O'Connor, and Fiona J Walsh Is Validation of Indigenous Ecological…

Publications, Resources & Bibliographies

  • Author: Journal of Indigenous Policy
  • Publisher: University of Technology Sydney
  • Published: Various

The Journal of Indigenous Policy has been established to provide a forum for intellectual discourse on Indigenous policy development and implementation as it affects the lives of Aboriginal and Torres…

A study of education in one Northern Territory remote community

  • Authors: O'Bryan, Marnie, Fogarty, Bill
  • Publisher: Australian National University, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR)
  • Published: 2020

In 2020, young people from remote communities in Australia’s Northern Territory are required to attend boarding school in order to access a full secondary education. Commissioned by elders in one…

Joe Gumbula, the Ancestral Chorus, and the Value of Indigenous Knowledges

  • Author: Corn, Aaron
  • Published: 2018

Joseph Neparrŋa Gumbula (1954–2015) had an atypical scholarly trajectory. Born into a long line of Yolŋu leaders in the remote town of Milingimbi in the Arnhem Land Aboriginal Reverse, he…

“This is the Circle of the Art World”: Joe Gumbula and the Value of Digital Repatriation in Australia and Beyond

  • Author: De Largy Healy, Jessica
  • Published: 2018

The title of this article was inspired by a filmed interview that I conducted with Joe Gumbula in France in July 2007 during one of his ARC-funded research trips in…

Publications, Resources & Bibliographies

  • Author: Terri Janke and Company
  • Publisher: Terri Janke and Company Pty Ltd
  • Published: Various

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Publications, Resources & Bibliographies - Conference proceedings

  • Author: Australian Rangeland Society
  • Published: Various

Proceedings of the Australian Rangeland Society conferences are accessible at the The URLs provided. These include: 2012 17th ARS Biennial Conference 2010 16th ARS Biennial Conference 2006 14th Biennial Conference,…

Publications, Resources & Bibliographies

  • Author: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  • Published: Various

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Publications, Resources & Bibliographies

  • Author: International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies
  • Published: Various

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Vocational education and training in regional, rural and remote Australia

  • Author: Jobs and Skills Australia
  • Publisher: Jobs and Skills Australia
  • Published: 2023

This report examines the availability and accessibility of vocational education and training (VET) for students outside of Australia's capital cities. These initial findings will help inform future research and analysis…

Communicating neuroscience across cultures in remote Aboriginal communities with Brain Stories and No Smokes

  • Author: Cairney, S
  • Published: 2017

Recreational substance use is relatively new to Aboriginal communities, having been introduced largely since colonization. While emerging knowledge particularly in the field of neuroscience has been critical in understanding and…

Publications, Resources & Bibliographies

  • Author: Native Title Research Unit
  • Published: Various

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Publications

  • Author: Altman, Jon
  • Published: Various

Publications

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  • Author: Rural and Remote Health - Australasian Section
  • Published: Various

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Native Foods Fact Sheets

  • Author: Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
  • Publisher: RIRDC
  • Published: 2014

A series of information Fact Sheets on native foods including ones that are produced in remote Australia

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