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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.
Remote Australia Online is exactly that. It’s an online platform that delivers authoritative research on topics that impact this region and its people, including education and its pathways, policy, business, social and cultural welfare, infrastructure, communication and natural resource management.
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.
The Transformation of Assets for Sustainable Livelihoods in a Remote Aboriginal Settlement
- Authors: Moran, M, Wright, A, Renehan, P, Szava, A, Beard, N, Rich, E
- Publisher: Desert Knowledge CRC
- Published: 2007
This report presents the findings of an action research project at the remote Aboriginal settlement of Engawala, central Australia (approximate population 135 people). The project was conducted over an 18-month…
17 ways that 'community talk' misguides research
- Authors: Guerin, B, Guerin, P
- Publisher: Muddycreek Press
- Published: 2007
17 ways that 'community talk' misguides research
The Ti Tree Creek Camp Study: A Contribution to Good Governance
- Authors: Sanders, W , Holcombe, S
- Publisher: University of Technology Sydney
- Published: 2007
This paper is based on an in-depth study of Creek Camp, an area of selfmade dwellings occupied by Aboriginal people running along the western and south-western sides of Ti Tree,…
Global Desertification: Building a science for dryland development
- Authors: Reynolds, JF, Stafford Smith, DM, Lambin, EF, Turner, BL, Mortimore, M, Batterbury, SPJ, Downing, TE, Dowlatabadi, H, Fernández, RJ, Herrick, JE, Huber-Sannwald, E, Jiang, H, Leemans, R, Lynam, T, Maestre, F, Ayarza, M, Walker, B
- Published: 2007
In this millennium, global drylands face a myriad of problems that present tough research, management, and policy challenges. Recent advances in dryland development, however, together with the integrative approaches of…
Realising economies in the joint supply of health and environmental services in Aboriginal central Australia
- Authors: Campbell, D, Davies, J, Wakerman, J
- Publisher: Desert Knowledge CRC
- Published: 2007
Questions exist as to whether the delivery of health and environmental services to remote Australia is adequate. This is particularly so in regard to Aboriginal people living on their traditional…
Examples of NRM contracting within Australia
- Authors: Law, R, Davies, J, Childs, J
- Publisher: Desert Knowledge CRC
- Published: 2007
This working paper presents results of a small research project undertaken by Rob Law as a Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre (DKCRC) Vacation Scholarship through Charles Darwin University. The project…
Attracting and retaining skilled and professional staff in remote locations
- Author: Haslam McKenzie, F.
- Publisher: Desert Knowledge CRC
- Published: 2007
Attracting and retaining skilled and professional staff is a problem not limited to remote, or even rural and regional locations in Australia. There is strong evidence to suggest that it…
Changes over time among homeless young people in drug dependency, mental illness and their co-morbidity
- Authors: Doreen Rosenthal, Shelley Mallett, Lyle Gurrin, Norweeta Milburn, Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus
- Published: 2007
A cross-national survey was conducted among 358 recently homeless young people in Melbourne and Los Angeles. Drug dependence and mental illness were assessed at baseline, 6 and 12 months. At…
Using/Designing Digital Technologies of Representation in Aboriginal Australian Knowledge Practices
- Authors: Verran, Helen, Christie, Michael
- Published: 2007
Indigenous Australians are often keen to use digital technologies in their struggle to develop sustainable livelihoods on their own lands. This paper tells of gradually coming to recognize how an…
Unearthing New Resources: Attracting and Retaining Women in the Australian Minerals Industry
- Author: Australian Government Office for Women
- Publisher: Australian Government Office for Women
- Published: 2007
The statistics in the Australian minerals industry are stark: women comprise approximately 18% of minerals industry workforce (both sites and corporate) compared to a national participation rate of 45%; women…
Western Australia's Housing Affordability Crisis
- Author: WA Housing Affordability Taskforce
- Publisher: WA Housing Affordability Taskforce
- Published: 2007
In July 2006, Paul Omodei, commissioned the Taskforce to inquire into the extent, impact and causes of the decline in housing affordability in Western Australia and to recommend policies to…
Chapter 3: History
- Author: Mitchell, J.
- Publisher: Allen and Unwin
- Published: 2007
Chapter 3: History
Chapter 6: Labour force participation as a determinant of Indigenous health
- Authors: Lowry, D., Moskos, M.
- Publisher: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health
- Published: 2007
It has long been recognised that social inequalities are associated with health inequalities (Marmot & Wilkinson 1999). Extensive research has shown that income, employment, education and community connectedness impact both…
Chapter 8: Employment and welfare
- Authors: Walter, M., Mooney, G.
- Publisher: Allen & Unwin
- Published: 2007
Chapter 8: Employment and welfare
Chapter 7: Education
- Authors: Dunbar, T., Scrimgeour, M.
- Publisher: Allen & Unwin
- Published: 2007
Chapter 7: Education
It's enough to make you sick: the impact of racism on the health of Aboriginal Australians
- Authors: Larson, Ann, Gillies, Marisa, Howard, Peter J., Coffin, Juli
- Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Published: 2007
Background: Experience of interpersonal racism has been neglected as a mechanism by which inequalities between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people are created and maintained. Methods: Cross-sectional survey of randomly selected residents…
Cognitive impairment in Aboriginal people with heavy episodic patterns of alcohol use
- Authors: Cairney, S., Clough, A., Jaragba, M., Maruff, P.
- Published: 2007
Background With chronic alcohol abuse, cognitive studies suggest that progressive cognitive decline may precede more serious and irreversible neurological syndromes. The early detection of cognitive impairment may therefore aid in…
Information Technology and Indigenous People
- Authors: Laurel Evelyn Dyson, Max Hendriks, Stephen Grant
- Publisher: IDEA Group Publishing
- Published: 2007
This book provides theoretical and empirical information related to the planning and execution of IT projects aimed at serving indigenous people. It explores cultural concerns with IT implementation, including language…
Mobility and its consequences: The 2006 enumeration in the north-east Arnhem Land region
- Author: Morphy, F.
- Publisher: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences, Australian National University
- Published: 2007
This case study is constructed from an anthropological perspective. An anthropological analysis has a particular kind of contribution to make in a situation such as a census enumeration, in which…
Working with indigenous communities: Leading practice sustainable development program for the mining industry
- Author: Working with indigenous communities Working Group
- Publisher: Department of Industry Tourism and Resources
- Published: 2007
This handbook provides guidance for resource developers on how to work effectively with Indigenous communities. It is one of a series of complementary handbooks that have been produced as part…