Resources and publications
Title | Author /s | Summary | Date | Tag(s) | Type |
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Central Land Council community development podcast series | David Martin; Centre for Native Title Anthropology | The Centre for Native Title Anthropology is giving attention to the role of anthropologists in the post-determination phase. It investigates the methodology and learnings of the CLC community development unit in working with groups and communities in managing income streams from their lands for wider benefit is of considerable potential interest to anthropologists. It offers an illustrative example of the intense, collaborative engagement that is necessary at this intersection of Aboriginal and wider value systems, where monies gained from activities on Aboriginal lands are invested into broader community benefit. For these reasons, there is much to learn which is relevant to the governance of compensation funds held in trust by PBC and other entities (such as those established under mining agreements with Aboriginal groups). The podcast series also investigates the ethical and political issues they all face as anthropologists working with Aboriginal groups on social change in a framework of self-determination. David Martin interviews Ian Sweeney, the Unit’s Manager, and four of the Project Officers, Dave Howard, Cecilia Tucker, Dianna Newham, and Carl O’Sullivan. |
Commercial development, Community, Community development, Education, Funding, NTRB (Native Title Representative Body) | Presentation | |
Country, Native Title and Ecology | Jessica Weir (ed) | Country, native title and ecology all converge in this volume to describe the dynamic intercultural context of land and water management on Indigenous lands. Indigenous people’s relationships with country are discussed from various speaking positions, including identity and knowledge, the homelands debate, water planning, climate change and market environmentalism. The inter-disciplinary chapters range from an ethnographic description of living waters in the Great Sandy Desert, negotiating the eradication of yellow crazy ants in Arnhem Land, and legal analysis of native title rights in emerging carbon markets. A recurrent theme is the contentions over meaning, knowledge, and authority. |
Carbon farming, Environment, Indigenous knowledge, Water | Book | |
Emerging Issues in Land and Sea Management | Dermot Smyth, Rod Kennett, Tran Tran, Acacia Prince-Pike, Melanie Dulfer-Hyams | Report of a workshop held on Wednesday 4th June 2014 at the National Native Title Conference, Coffs Harbour, NSW, to map current and future research and resource needs for land and sea management. |
AIATSIS, Fishing, Land and sea management, NNTC (National Native Title Council), Water | Report | |
Fee for Service in Indigenous Land and Sea Management: Impact Assessment and Analysis | Winangali PTY LTD | This evaluation report identifies experiences, motivations, supporting mechanisms, barriers and impacts of fee-for-service commercial activities undertaken by Indigenous Land and Water Management (ILWM) organisations. The report draws on a literature review, interviews with ILWM organisations, administrative data, in-depth case studies, and online survey data. |
Commercial development, Fee for service, Land and sea management | Report | |
Gugu Badhun: People of the Valley of Lagoons | Yvonne Cadet-James, Robert Andrew James, Sue McGinty, Russell McGregor | Bridging historical scholarship and Aboriginal oral tradition, this innovative book tells the story of the Gugu Badhun people of the Valley of Lagoons in North Queensland. It provides new insights into Aboriginal–European interactions, and new understandings of how Aboriginal people sustained their identities and exercised agency. It lays bare violence and oppression, but also recognises the inter-racial cooperation and friendships which were equally part of Gugu Badhun experience. It tells of a people whose options were limited by state power and public racism but who remained proud and undaunted, making their own decisions for their collective and individual benefit. Much of the story is told in the words of Gugu Badhun people themselves. Interviews are interspersed with commentary and analysis by the four authors, one of whom, Yvonne Cadet-James, is herself a Gugu Badhun elder. This collaborative approach has produced a timely book for an Australia in which notions of Indigenous autonomy and self-determination are being re-imagined and re-configured. To purchase this book please visit the AIATSIS shop via think link. |
AIATSIS, Collaboration, Heritage, Indigenous knowledge, Land and water | Book | |
History and native title: The making of a community asset | Dr Michael Bennett, Grace Koch | This paper gives a brief description of what type of documentation is needed for a native title claim, what happens to the materials both during and after the claim process and how the research creates a valuable community asset. Finally, there is consideration of various options for the management of the historical material to give greater access and control to the indigenous communities in NSW. |
Community, Native title materials, Research | Article / paper | |
How to get into local and regional media | Media Trust | This guidebook provides general information on how to get into local and regional media. |
Community | Guide | |
Junyirri: A framework for planning community language projects | First Language Australia | Junyirri is intended to guide people in thinking about their current language situation, their aspirations for the use of language in their community, what assets their community has available, and the types of language programs that might be suitable for their situation. |
Community, Language | Article / paper | |
Language learning in Indigenous communities | Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation | This is the ANTaR Submission to the Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Inquiry into Language Learning in Indigenous Communities. Two years after the launch of the Federal Government’s strategy for preserving Indigenous languages, Indigenous Languages – A National Approach 2009, the Inquiry provides a valuable opportunity to assess the effectiveness of current Federal, State and Territory government policy in the area, and incumbent maintenance and revitalisation programs. |
Community, Language | Submission | |
Mornington Island Restorative Justice Project report | Queensland Government | The Mornington Island Restorative Justice (MIRJ) Project has worked with families to establish a community-based alternative dispute resolution (mediation or peacemaking) service inclusive of Island culture and conforming to the requirements of the criminal justice system. |
Community, Culture, Dispute management, Legal | Report | |
NAILSMA Information Hub | North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance | The North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance Ltd (NAILSMA) is a leader in finding practical solutions to support Indigenous people manage their land and sea resources into the future. NAILSMA, a not-for-profit company, has over a decade of experience in delivering complex and challenging programs across north Australia. |
Carbon farming, Commercial development, Community development, Indigenous knowledge, Rangers / caring for country, Water | Website | |
Native title newsletter | AIATSIS Research | This native title newsletter provides an overview of PBCs' pricing structure. |
Fee for service, PBC Regulations, PBCs (Prescribed Body / Bodies Corporate) | Newsletter | |
Native Title Report 2007 | Australian Human Rights Commission | Under the Native Title Act 1993, the Social Justice Commissioner is required to prepare a Native Title Report each year for federal Parliament. Through these reports the Commissioner gives a human rights perspective on native title issues and advocates for practical co-existence between Indigenous and non-Indigenous groups in using land. |
Collaboration, Fishing, ILUA (Indigenous Land Use Agreement), Native Title Act, Water rights | Report | |
Negotiating the shared management of Matuwa and Kurrara Kurrara | Dr Tran Tran, Lindsey Langford | One of the key aspirations of native title holders is the ability to independently make decisions about and take care of country. This aspiration is often realised through collaborative management arrangements such as joint management. For many native title groups, joint management is often the only substantive land management outcome, yet there has been little research into either its planning process or its drivers. Between October 2013 and December 2014, AIATSIS undertook case study research in partnership with Central Desert Native Title Services and the Wiluna native title holders — Martu people — to document their land management journey and the critical success factors that have contributed to positive outcomes in Matuwa (Lorna Glen) and Kurrara Kurrara (Earaheedy). This report describes the research and planning undertaken as a part of the partnership. |
AIATSIS, Capacity building, Caring for Country, Collaboration, Joint Management, Land and sea management | Report | |
Overturning aqua nullius: Securing Aboriginal water rights | Virginia Marshall | Overturning aqua nullius aims to cultivate a new understanding of Aboriginal water rights and interests in the context of Aboriginal water concepts and water policy development in Australia. |
Water, Water rights | Book | |
Partnerships for Indigenous Development: International Development NGOs, Aboriginal Organisations and Communities | Janet Hunt | This paper outlines two pilot case studies which examine how international development non-government organisations (INGOs) conduct their work with Aboriginal organisations and communities in Australia. |
CAEPR, Collaboration, Partnerships | Article / paper | |
PBC decision-making, certification and fees for service | National Indigenous Australians Agency | This Discussion Paper explains how native title decisions and decisions to make a compensation application are to be made by Prescribed Bodies Corporate (PBCs) and explains the decision-making processes available to PBCs and common law holders. It also includes information on when PBCs can charge fees for their services. |
Decision making, Fee for service | Report | |
PBC decision-making, certification and fees for service discussion paper | CATSI Act, Compensation, Decision making, Exemptible rules, Fee for service, ILUA (Indigenous Land Use Agreement), Legal, Members, Native Title Act, Native title holder, PBC Regulations, PBCs (Prescribed Body / Bodies Corporate), Rule book | Fact sheet | |||
Prescribed Bodies Corporate: Charging fees for services | Lisa Strelein | An outline of some of the legal issues surrounding PBCs charging fees for service and what PBCs can and cannot charge fees for. |
AIATSIS, AUSTLII, Fee for service | Article / paper | |
Review of fees charged by RNTBCs for certain native title functions | Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations | This policy statement provides guidance on how the Registrar of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations (the Registrar) deals with requests for an opinion as to whether a fee charged by a registered native title body corporate (RNTBC) to a third party for certain native title functions is one that can be charged. |
Fee for service, Native Title Act, PBCs (Prescribed Body / Bodies Corporate) | Report |