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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.
'Population Decline in Non-Metropolitan Australia: Impacts and Policy Implications'.
- Author: McKenzie, F.
- Published: 1994
Despite the overall growth of the Australian population there are significant levels of population decline in some regions. Depopulation has often been caused by technological and economic change. In some…
The relative mobility status of Indigenous Australians: setting the research agenda
- Authors: Taylor, J., Bell, M.
- Publisher: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences, Australian National University
- Published: 1994
A project under way at the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research aims to establish, for the first time, comparative national parameters of Indigenous population mobility with particular reference to…
The mobility status of Indigenous Australians
- Authors: Taylor, J., Bell, M.
- Publisher: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences, Australian National University
- Published: 1994
This paper provides, for the first time, comparative national parameters of Indigenous population mobility. Using a customised 54 region internal migration matrix from the 1991 Census, preliminary findings are presented…
The housing need of indigenous Australians, 1991
- Author: Jones, R.
- Publisher: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences, Australia National University
- Published: 1994
This monograph presents a rigorous quantitative assessment, against normative criteria, of the housing requirements of Indigenous people, and in doing so makes an important contribution to knowledge about the interrelationship…
Torres Strait Region
- Author: Beckett, J.
- Publisher: Aboriginal Studies Press
- Published: 1994
Torres Strait Region
Encyclopedia of Aboriginal Australia
- Author: David Horton
- Publisher: Aboriginal Studies Press
- Published: 1994
This work contains the life stories and photographs of many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have made contributions to their people and their country.
Apparent dietary intake in remote Aboriginal communities
- Authors: Lee, Amanda J., O'Dea, Kerin, Mathews, John D.
- Published: 1994
Apparent per capita food and nutrient intake in six remote Australian Aboriginal communities using the ‘store-turnover’ method is described. The method is based on the analysis of community-store food invoices.…
Demographic estimates for the Aboriginal populations of three regions of Australia: Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia - 1986-1991
- Authors: Luther, Norman Y, Gaminiratne, KHW, Gray, Alan
- Publisher: Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University
- Published: 1994
A consistent correction procedure is used to determine improved, consistent estimates by sex of census age distributions, intercensal births, and intercensal deaths and net immigration by age for the Aboriginal…
Survival tucker: improved diet and health indicators in an aboriginal community
- Authors: Lee, A. J., Bailey, A. P., Yarmirr, D., O'Dea, K., Mathews, J. D.
- Published: 1994
The poor nutritional status of Aboriginal Australians is a serious and complex public health concern. We describe an unusually successful health and nutrition project initiated by the people of Minjilang,…
Food-purchasing behaviour in an Aboriginal community. 2. Evaluation of an intervention aimed at children
- Authors: Scrimgeour, David, Rowse, Tim, Knight, Sabina
- Published: 1994
The previously described survey of food-purchasing behaviour in a central-Australian Aboriginal community demonstrated that children have sufficient disposable income to provision themselves directly from food outlets. Subsequently, a community-based intervention…
Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) - Annex 1C of the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization
- Author: World Trade Organization
- Publisher: World Trade Organization
- Published: 1994
PREAMBLE Members, - Desiring to reduce distortions and impediments to international trade, and taking into account the need to promote effective and adequate protection of intellectual property rights, and to…
A model of soil moisture balance and herbage growth in the arid rangelands of central Australia
- Authors: Hobbs, Trevor J., Sparrow, Ashley D., Landsberg, Joe J.
- Published: 1994
A simple model of soil moisture balance and herbage production in the arid and semi-arid rangelands of central Australia is presented. The model has few parameters and only requires inputs…
Estimating changes in vegetation cover over time in arid rangelands using landsat MSS data
- Authors: Pickup, G., Chewings, V. H., Nelson, D. J.
- Published: 1993
Changes in vegetation cover over time in arid rangelands can be used to monitor land condition and to identify processes of land degradation. This article describes how a cover index…
Outback Ghettos: A history of Aboriginal instituionalisation and surival
- Author: Brock, P
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Published: 1993
Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Legislation and policy: the context of outback ghettos 3. Poonindie, home away from 'country' 4. An established community and its destruction 5. Koonibba, a refuge for…
Long-distance commuting: A new approach to mining in Australia
- Author: Houghton, D.S.
- Published: 1993
Companies involved in resource development in Australia face problems similar to those found in remote areas of Canada. In the late 1980s the proliferation of gold mining activities in Western…
Tracking and follow-up methods for research on homelessness
- Authors: Evan H. Cohen , Carol T. Mowbray, Deborah Bybee, Susan Yeich, Kurt Ribisl, Paul P. Freddolino
- Published: 1993
To conduct comprehensive treatment effectiveness studies, evaluators must frequently track, locate and interview service recipients long after program participation has ended. For some populations, this is an arduous task. But,…
Census enumeration in remote Australia: Issues for aboriginal data analysis
- Author: Taylor, John
- Published: 1993
Given the crucial role played by census data in informing economic and social policies directed at the Aboriginal population in remote areas, some assessment of the quality of remote area…
Tables of Composition of Australian Aboriginal Foods
- Authors: Brand-Miller, J., James, KW., Maggiore, PMA.
- Publisher: Aboriginal Studies Press
- Published: 1993
Tables of Composition of Australian Aboriginal Foods
The rise and rise of the CDEP scheme: An Aboriginal 'workfare' program in times of persistent unemployment
- Author: Sanders, W.
- Publisher: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, The Australian National University
- Published: 1993
This paper updates an earlier article explaining the development of the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) scheme over the years since its inception in the mid 1970s. It does so…