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Comparison of techno-economic optimisation models for rural hybrid microgrid design
- Authors: Bird, S, Susanto, J, Shahnia, F
- Published: 2022
This paper investigates the design of a hybrid renewable energy and diesel generator microgrid for a remote aboriginal community in Western Australia using two techno-economic design optimisation programs, HOMER and…
Learning through transcription
- Authors: Bettinson, Mat, Bird, Steven
- Publisher: Association for Computational Linguistics
- Published: 2022
Transcribing speech for primarily oral, local languages is often a joint effort involving speakers and outsiders. It is commonly motivated by externally-defined scientific goals, alongside local motivations such as language…
Proceedings of the Australian Rangeland Society 20th Biennial Conference: Resilient future rangelands: integrating environment and livelihoods
- Publisher: Australian Rangeland Society
- Published: 2019
Proceedings of the Australian Rangeland Society 20th Biennial Conference: Resilient future rangelands: integrating environment and livelihoods
Using three dimensional technologies to make high quality assistive products and services available to people who live in remote and regional locations in Australia
- Authors: Goodchild, Chrisna, Frain, Samantha, Chhun, Vandeth, Fuller, Melissa
- Publisher: World Health Organization
- Published: 2019
A team from three Australian organisations, Northcott Innovation, Northcott and AbilityMade, are currently developing a service model for delivering orthotic services to children who live in remote areas of New…
Indigenising tourism: A story of an Aboriginal-led project in the Northern Territory, Australia
- Authors: Young, Tamara, McGinnis, Gabrielle, Harvey, Mark
- Published: 2019
Storytelling is central to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures in Australia. Aboriginal stories are communicated through various mediums; they are spoken in language, performed in dance and music, and…
Do state level organisations (slos) create positive sport communities in remote areas?: A case review of operations in rural Queensland
- Authors: Oren, Oliver, Shane, Pegg
- Publisher: Council of Australian Tourism and Hospitality Education
- Published: 2019
Fostering social activities in rural areas is an on-going concern. Building on previous results showing the effectiveness of sport initiatives, there is a need for research to identify successful strategies…
Direct instruction: A case of what is proven to work in contexts in other countries
- Author: Jorgensen, Robyn
- Publisher: PME
- Published: 2019
Northern Territory (NT) government policy acknowledges the “need for active participation by all people, including Indigenous people, for the north to achieve ongoing prosperity.” However the majority of Aboriginal adults…
Rabies spread modelling within wild dog populations in northern Australia
- Authors: Gabriele-Rivet,Vanessa, Brookes,Victoria J, Arsenault,Julie, Ward,Michael P
- Published: 2019
Introduction: Australia, a canine rabies free country, is threatened by the current spread of the disease across the Indonesian Archipelago. This spread has brought rabies to only 300 km from…
Bridging the gap between responses to elder abuse and responses to family and domestic violence in rural and remote communities
- Authors: Warren, Amy, Blundell, Barbara
- Publisher: Family & Relationship Services Australia
- Published: 2018
Elder abuse has been recognised as a significant social issue in recent years. Though the vast majority of reported elder abuse is perpetrated by family members, it is often not…
Emergency management opportunities for remote Indigenous communities in northern Australia
- Authors: Sangha, Kamaljit, Edwards, Andrew, Russel-Smith, Jeremy
- Published: 2018
Despite frequent exposure to severe natural hazards including extensive bushfires, tropical cyclones and floods, remote Indigenous communities across northern Australia typically have little engagement in managing, mitigating or planning for…
Tourism on the periphery - developing a viable tourism industry in Cooktown
- Authors: Prideaux, B, Thompson, M.
- Publisher: Council of Australian Tourism and Hospitality Education
- Published: 2018
Remote settlements face many challenges in striving to achieve a sustainable local economy. The aim of this paper is to identify key barriers that many remote communities face in adopting…
Building relationships towards sustainable economic development in the Fitzroy River catchment
- Author: Greg Mackay
- Publisher: Australian Rangeland Society
- Published: 2017
Development is not a new word for the Fitzroy Catchment in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. However, it is currently the focus of an enormous level of interest and…
“Locked out” and “left behind”: Aboriginal Adult English Literacy and Numeracy in Northern Territory – a call for collective action
- Authors: Allison Stewart, Lorraine Sushames, Fiona Shalley
- Publisher: Australian Council for Adult Literacy
- Published: 2017
Northern Territory (NT) government policy acknowledges the “need for active participation by all people, including Indigenous people, for the north to achieve ongoing prosperity.” However the majority of Aboriginal adults…
Lessons learned from managing a remote construction project in Australia
- Authors: Hay, Andrew, Zuo, Jian, Han, Sangwon, Zillante, George
- Publisher: Springer Singapore
- Published: 2017
There has been a growing demand on developments in remote areas. Apart from enjoying the associated benefits, architectural, construction and engineering (AEC) firms also face unique challenges to manage remote…
Tech tools for improving productivity, profit and pasture in the pastoral rangelands
- Authors: Murray Grey, Tim Driver
- Publisher: Australian Rangeland Society
- Published: 2017
In the last 20 years there has been a huge surge in development of technological tools to improve the business of producing protein in Australia. While in the early stages…
Drought: rain...cash...population...resilience
- Authors: Dana Kelly, David Phelps, Jenny Coombes
- Publisher: Australian Rangeland Society
- Published: 2017
Towns in central western Queensland are especially exposed to the risks of drought, with approximately half of the businesses directly linked to agriculture. This paper reports on surveys undertaken in…
Social return on investment in the rangelands: We think what we are doing is important, but does anybody else care?
- Authors: Leah Feuerherdt, Stuart Peevor, Michael Clinch, Tim Moore
- Publisher: Australian Rangeland Society
- Published: 2017
Social Return on Investment (SROI) is an internationally recognised methodology used to measure and value the impact of programs. Like a traditional cost-benefit analysis, SROI examines economic outcomes, but also…
Using FarmMaps 4D to improve management of Indigenous pastoral infrastructure
- Authors: Joel Dillon, Peter Cunningham
- Publisher: Australian Rangeland Society
- Published: 2017
The Indigenous Land Corporation (ILC) assists Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to acquire and manage land to achieve economic, environmental, social, and cultural benefits. To support this the ILC…
Building and maintaining trust - a little tourism project in Western Arnhem land
- Author: Goodfellow, Denise Lawungkurr
- Publisher: Council of Australian Tourism and Hospitality Education
- Published: 2017
This paper uses autoethnography and a narrative approach to examine trust-building that occurred between Indigenous people (Larrakia and Kunwinjku) in the Top End of Australia and the author. Trust was…
Buffel grass management in Indigenous communities
- Author: Bowman, T
- Publisher: Australian Rangeland Society
- Published: 2017
Buffel grass has been recognised as one of the greatest threats to biodiversity in South Australia’s arid and semi-arid rangelands. It has the capacity to transform ecosystems through habitat loss,…