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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:…
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…
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…
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 Australian Health and Cultures: An introduction for health professionals
- Authors: Thackrah, R, Scott, K
- Publisher: Pearson Australia
- Published: 2011
This new edited volume has been written by a diverse group of health professionals, the majority of whom are Indigenous Australians. A life cycle approach has been adopted, with chapters…
The A-Z of Social Research
- Authors: Miller, R., Brewer, J.
- Publisher: Sage
- Published: 2003
Contents #Abduction and Retroduction # Action Research # A Case Study # Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) # Attitudes # Biographical Method # CAPI (Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing) # Case Study…
Environment, Society and Natural Resource Management: Theoretical Perspectives From Australasia and the Americas
- Authors: Lawrence, G., Higgins, V., Lockie, S.
- Publisher: Edward Elgar
- Published: 2001
Environment, Society and Natural Resource Management: Theoretical Perspectives From Australasia and the Americas
Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art and Culture
- Authors: Kleinert, Sylvia, Neale, Margo
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Published: 2000
The most comprehensive and important work of its kind. The book covers everything from documented archaeological traditions and art styles, through to the development of the remarkably diverse contemporary Aboriginal…
Drought in Australia
- Author: Healey, Justin
- Publisher: Spinney Press
- Published: 2005
Explores the causes, impacts and history of drought in Australia; how drought is defined and measured; climate change in relation to changed rainfall conditions; water use; drought assistance measures; and…
Indigenous Community Engagement@Charles Darwin University
- Authors: Campbell, M, Christie, M
- Publisher: Uniprint NT
- Published: 2008
Forty-five people responded to the invitation to be involved in the Indigenous Community Engagement (ICE) project conducted under the auspices of the Pro Vice-Chancellor Community and Access at Charles Darwin…
Equity in Vocational Education and Training: Research Readings
- Author: Bowman, Kaye
- Publisher: NCVER
- Published: 2004
Building equity into Australia's vocational education and training (VET) system is a key component of the National Strategy for Vocational Education and Training 2004-2010. This book of readings aims to…
Flammable Australia: The Fire Regimes and Biodiversity of a Continent
- Authors: Bradstock, R.A., Willliams, J.E., Gill, A.M.
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Published: 2002
Fire is pivotal to the functioning of ecosystems in Australia, affecting the distribution and abundance of the continents̕ unique and highly diverse range of plants and animals. Conservation of this…
From disaster response to risk management : Australia's national drought policy
- Authors: Linda Courtenay Botterill, Donald A. Wilhite
- Publisher: Springer
- Published: 2005
Contents Introduction L. C. Botterill, D. A. Wilhite 1 Living In The Australian Environment Mark Stafford Smith 5 Climate And Drought In The Subtropics-The Australian Example J. A. Lindesay 15…
Beyond bandaids: Exploring the underlying social determinants of Aboriginal health. Papers from the social determinants of Aboriginal health workshop, Adelaide, July 2007.
- Authors: Anderson, I.P.S., Baum, F., Bently, M.
- Publisher: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health
- Published: 2007
Ch. 1: If you don't have health, what's the use of living? - Koori voices from the Goulburn-Murray Rivers region on health and its determinants / Michael Tynan, Petah Atkinson,…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
Culture, Ecology and Economy of Fire Management in North Australian Savannas: Rekindling the Wurrk Tradition
- Authors: Russell-Smith, J., Whitehead, P., Cooke, P.
- Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
- Published: 2009
In 12 multi-authored chapters, this book documents key challenges and novel options for addressing chronic landscape scale fire management issues in North Australian Savannas through development of both collaborative, cross…
Aboriginal spirituality : past, present, future
- Author: Anne Pattel-Gray
- Publisher: HarperCollins Religious
- Published: 1996
Aboriginal Spirituality is a unique, multi-authored collection of essays in which Australian Aboriginal People explore their Spirituality, particularly in relation to Christianity.