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Social assessment in natural resource management institutions
- Authors: Dale, Allan, Taylor, Nick, Lane, Marcus
- Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
- Published: 2001
Part I. Introduction to social assessment in natural resource institutions: [1]. Social assessment in natural resource management: promise, potentiality and practice Part II. Institutionalising social assessment in the global context:…
Working on country: Contemporary indigenous management of Australia's lands and coastal regions
- Authors: Baker, R., Davies, J., Young, E.
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Published: 2001
The text offers a comprehensive account of indigenous land and water management in Australia, with an emphasis on practical outcomes to manage the country for a sustainable future. It is…
Indigenous community-based education
- Author: May, S.
- Publisher: Multilingual Matters
- Published: 1999
refer also Corson, 1998
Case studies in increasing the adoption of sustainable resource management practices
- Authors: Shulman, Art. D., Price, Richard. J.
- Publisher: Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation
- Published: 2000
There is increasing recognition that the Australian rural sector needs to develop and implement sustainable agricultural practices. However, there are debates over what these practices might be, and how best…
Australian Indigenous Knowledge and Libraries
- Authors: Martin Nakata, Marcia Langton
- Publisher: UTSePress
- Published: 2005
In response to significant changes in the Indigenous information landscape, the State Library of New South Wales and Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, University of Technology, Sydney, hosted a Colloquium,…
Beyond Price - Value in Culture, Economics, and the Arts
- Authors: Hutter, Michael, Throsby, David
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Published: 2008
Much recent discussion surrounding valuation of the arts and culture, particularly in the policy arena, has been dominated by a concern to identify an economic and financial basis for valuation…
Citizenship and Indigenous Australians: Changing conceptions and possibilities
- Authors: Peterson, N., Sanders, W.
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Published: 1998
This book examines the history of indigenous peoples' citizenship status and asks: is it possible for indigenous Australians to be members of a common society on equal terms with others?…
Sustainability and change in rural Australia
- Authors: Cocklin, Chris, Dibden, Jacqui
- Publisher: University of New South Wales
- Published: 2005
Written by some of Australia's leading commentators on the rural systems, this comprehensive collection of essays explores the multiple factors that underpin the sustainability of rural communities in Australia. By…
Indigenous Intermediaries: New perspectives on exploration archives
- Authors: Shino Konishi, Maria Nugent, Tiffany Shellam
- Publisher: ANU Press
- Published: 2015
This edited collection understands exploration as a collective effort and experience involving a variety of people in diverse kinds of relationships. It engages with the recent resurgence of interest in…
Working together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing principles and practice: 2nd Edition
- Authors: Pat Dudgeon , Helen Milroy, Roz Walker
- Publisher: Attorney-General's Department
- Published: 2014
Part 1: History and Contexts 1. Aboriginal Social, Cultural and Historical Contexts - Pat Dudgeon, Michael Wright, Yin Paradies, Darren Garvey and Iain Walker 2. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander…
People and Change in Indigenous Australia
- Authors: Austin-Broos, Diane, Merlan, Francesca
- Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press
- Published: 2017
Since the advent of European settlement, indigenous Australians have been subject to continual change and entrenched inequality. This has been their shared experience even as regional histories have diverged. These…
The Salvado Memoirs : historical memoirs of Australia particularly of the Benedictine Mission of New Norcia and of the habits and customs of the Australian natives
- Authors: Salvado, Dom Rosendo , Storman, E. J.
- Publisher: University of Western Australia Press
- Published: 1977
First published in Italian in 1851; account of first contact with Aborigines and abortive attempts to found missions; fighting among Aborigines; foundation of New Norcia; place of Aborigines among races…
Two way teaching and learning : toward culturally reflective and relevant education
- Authors: Purdie, Nola, Milgate, Gina, Bell, Hannah Rachel
- Publisher: ACER Press
- Published: 2011
Within the Education Revolution lies another, quieter revolution that attempts to raise the profile and status, and improve the learning outcomes, of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples children,…
Our land is our life : land rights : past, present and future
- Author: Galarrwuy Yunupingu
- Publisher: University of Queensland Press
- Published: 1997
Contents: Preface / William Deane Preface / Gatjl Djerrkura Introduction / Galarrwuy Yunupingu 1. From the Bark Petition to Native Title / Galarrwuy Yunupingu 2. Taking Stock of Land Rights…
Telling our stories in ways that make us stronger
- Authors: Wingard, B., Lester, J.
- Publisher: Dulwich Centre Publications
- Published: 2001
The lives and stories of two Indigenous women offering practical ideas in relation to a wide range of issues facing Indigenous Australian families; colonisation; culturally appropriate ways to grieve, to…
Language Practices of Indigenous Children and Youth: The Transition from Home to School
- Authors: Gillian Wigglesworth, Jane Simpson, Jill Vaughan
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Published: 2017
This book explores the experiences of Indigenous children and young adults around the world as they navigate the formal education system and wider society. Profiling a range of different communities…
Country, Native Title and Ecology
- Author: Jessica K Weir
- Publisher: ANU E Press and Aboriginal History Incorporated
- Published: 2012
This publication focuses on Indigenous peoples’ relationships with country, and seeks to discuss native title in terms that are more directly related to those relationships. In doing so, we also…
Planning for Country: Cross-cultural approaches to decision-making on Aboriginal lands
- Authors: Walsh, Fiona, Mitchell, Paul
- Publisher: IAD Press
- Published: 2002
Indigenous people who want to control their day-to-day lives and their future face cultural, political and economic obstacles. This book includes practical ways to address some of these issues.
Indigenous Education and the Social Capital: Influences on the Performance of Indigenous Tertiary Students
- Authors: Walker, Roz, Elliot, Daphne, Seymour , Katherine, Worby, Gus
- Publisher: Black Swan Press
- Published: 1998
This publication is a result of a two-day National Conference at the University of South Australia, 18-19 June 1998. This conference was sponsored by the Australian Federation of University Women…
Between Indigenous Australia and Europe: John Mawurndjul: Art Histories in Context
- Authors: Volkenandt, C, Kaufmann
- Publisher: Aboriginal Studies Press
- Published: 2009
Increasingly, Australian Indigenous art is drawing the attention of international audiences, in part because of the amazing stories the artists tell of human creativity. John Mawurndjul is an Aboriginal artist…