The environmental significance of the Indigenous estate: Natural resource management as economic development in remote Australia
Author/editor: Altman, JC, Buchanan, G, Larsen, L
Paper no: 286
Year published: 2007
This discussion paper explores the geography of the Indigenous estate, its environmental significance, and some of the innovative approaches adopted by Indigenous landholders to protect the natural and cultural values of their land. A number of maps are used to explore the environmental…
In Search of an Outstations Policy for Indigenous Australians
Author/editor: Altman, JC
Paper no: 34
Year published: 2006
This paper explores some issues for urgent consideration before any new policy for outstations is developed under the new administrative arrangements in Indigenous affairs. The research reported here is animated by a long-standing interest in the livelihoods of Indigenous people who reside at small…
Kids, skidoos and caribou: The Junior Canadian Ranger program as a model for re-engaging Indigenous Australian youth in remote areas
Author/editor: Schwab, RG
Paper no: 281
Year published: 2006
The social and educational disengagement of Indigenous youth, who see education and training as irrelevant to their lives and experiences, is a looming crisis for many Indigenous communities in remote Australia. This paper is an exploration of a youth program in Canada, the Junior Canadian Rangers…
The Djelk Ranger Program: An Outsider’s Perspective
Author/editor: Cochrane, MJ
Paper no: 27
Year published: 2005
This report is the result of a ten-day general conceptualisation research trip in May 2003 into an Indigenous community to study the Djelk Ranger program operating under the Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation (BAC). During this visit I spent time with several different groups of Rangers and visited…
‘You got any Truck?’ Vehicles and decentralised mobile service-provision in remote Indigenous Australia
Author/editor: Fogarty, W
Paper no: 30
Year published: 2005
Service provision in remote Indigenous Australia is highly dependent on vehicle availability and profoundly affected by usage constraints. This paper seeks to explore elements of conflict and points of alignment in the intercultural exchange between service providers and those Indigenous people…