Resources and publications
Title | Author /s | Summary | Date | Tag(s) | Type |
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Aboriginal cultural safety workbook | Community Legal Centres NSW | This Workbook is a working document to guide and assist NSW Community Legal Centres in their cultural learning, as well as documenting the progression of cultural safety in Centres for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities. |
Indigenous knowledge, Indigenous law | Workbook | |
Barunga Agreement | Northern Territory Government | The Northern Territory’s four Land Councils and the Northern Territory Government have today signed an historic Memorandum of Understanding (the “Barunga Agreement”), paving the way for consultations to begin with Aboriginal people about a Treaty |
Government, Indigenous knowledge, Indigenous law, Justice, Treaty | Article / paper | |
Board Code of Conduct | PBC website | This template can be used to establish a plain English Code of Conduct for board members or your general PBC staff. |
Board, CEO, Chairperson, Code of Conduct, Induduction, Secretary, Staff | Checklist | |
Board induction checklist | PBC website | This board induction checklist provides a downloadable template for your PBC to formalise the induction process of new board members. It contains suggestions on documents to be included in an induction kit and when and by whom the new board is inducted. |
Board, Induduction, Succession Planning | Checklist | |
Brief index of materials relating to native title compensation research | This information sheet provides brief information about materials relating to native title compensation research. |
Compensation, Culture, Research | Information Sheet | ||
Compensation fact sheet | National Native Title Council | This fact sheet provides general information for native title compensation under the Native Title Act 1993 (NTA). |
Compensation, Native Title Act | Fact sheet | |
Connection to Country: Review of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) (ALRC Report 126) | Australian Law Reform Commission | This report marks the first major review of ‘connection’ in native title claims—central to native title determinations—since the introduction of the Native Title Act. The report also examines authorisation of persons bringing native title claims and joinder of parties, and includes 30 recommendations for reform. |
Community development, Indigenous knowledge, Indigenous law, Native Title Act, Resolution | Report | |
Creating Archives | AIATSIS | This resource provides guidance and important questions for organisations to consider when establishing an archive of their own. It includes what an archive is, why archives are important, what can go in an archive, and outlines steps which could be taken to set up an archive. Links to other resources and contacts are also contained in the booklet.
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AIATSIS, Community development, Culture, Data sovereignty, Database, Indigenous knowledge, Indigenous law | Information Sheet | |
Culture and Governance | Indigenous Governance Toolkit | The topic 'Culture and Governance' from the Indigenous Governance Toolkit has four sections,
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Governance, Indigenous knowledge, Indigenous law | Information Sheet | |
Everybody's business: A handbook for Indigenous employment | Reconciliation Australia and Social Ventures Australia | This step-by-step instruction manual is packed with practical advice for managers and supervisors who are on the frontline of hiring and retaining staff. |
Employment, Induduction, Staff | Guide | |
Indigenous Knowledge: Issues for protection and management | Terri Janke, Maiko Sentina | This discussion paper presents the issues faced in Australia for the protection and management of Indigenous Knowledge. |
Culture, Indigenous knowledge, Indigenous law, Language | Article / paper | |
Innovating to Succeed Forum | Aboriginal Governance and Management Program (APONT) | In 2017 the APONT Aboriginal Governance & Management Program facilitated a NT-wide forum for senior managers and board members of NT Aboriginal organisations, bringing them together to network and share stories to strengthen and build their capacity in management and governance. This report provides an overview of the presentations from this forum. |
Capacity building, Constitutions, Directors, Governance, Rule book, Staff | Report | |
Legal protection of Indigenous Knowledge in Australia | Maiko Sentina, Elizabeth Mason, Terri Janke, David Wenitong | This supplementary paper provides an overview of the Australian laws that are currently used to recognise and protect Indigenous Knowledge. |
Indigenous knowledge, Indigenous law, Legal | Article / paper | |
Living with native title: the experiences of registered native title corporations | Toni Bauman, Lisa M Strelein, Jessica K Weir | Much of the attention paid to native title in Australia has focused on court proceedings and other legalities, but what does it actually mean to live with native title? This book presents the experiences of native title holders and the corporations they have established to look after their native title interests. The influence of the renowned High Court Mabo case is such that there are already more than 100 Registered Native Title Bodies Corporate (RNTBCs) across Australia with responsibilities for about 18 per cent of the continent. RNTBCs operate in a profoundly intercultural context where ‘western’ and Indigenous laws are constantly interpreted and negotiated as part of a new suite of landholding and land management practices for contemporary Australia. Through seven case studies from the Torres Strait, Far North Queensland, the Kimberley and Central Australia, Living with native title documents the experiences of RNTBCs, including those that are parties to large mining agreements. Each case study is accompanied by a short update written immediately prior to publication. Living with native title is a product of the AIATSIS research project Prescribed Bodies Corporate: Research Action Partnerships. |
Agreements, AIATSIS, Future acts, ILUA (Indigenous Land Use Agreement), Indigenous knowledge, Indigenous law, Joint Management, Native Title Act, NTRB (Native Title Representative Body), Partnerships | Book | |
Management and staff | Indigenous Governance Toolkit | The topic 'Management and staff' from the Indigenous Governance Toolkit has six sections,
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Staff, Training | Information Sheet | |
Native Title Anthropology after the Timber Creek Decision | Pamela Faye McGrath | In August 2016, the traditional owners of Timber Creek in the Northern Territory, the Ngaliwurru and Nungali peoples, were awarded over $3.3 million for the loss of their native title rights. $1.3 million of this award was a solatium payment, that is, compensation for hurt arising from damage caused by the loss of connection to the land. Griffiths v Northern Territory of Australia (No 3) [2016] FCA 900 (Timber Creek), which was heard by Justice John Mansfield, is the courts first litigated award of compensation for the loss or impairment of native title rights. In making his decision, Justice Mansfield relied on the evidence of anthropologists when assessing not only connections to country, but also the qualities and consequences of the social impacts that accompany the loss of connections to country. This paper considers the implications of the Timber Creek decision for the work of native title anthropologists and highlights some of the conceptual and methodological shifts required for research on native title compensation claims. The author draws attention to the demanding nature of native title compensation cases and the potential for research to aggravate existing trauma associated with loss of country, arguing for the need for all involved to be attentive to this risk when pursuing future claims. Recommended citation: McGrath, PF 2017, Native Title Anthropology after the Timber Creek Decision, Land, Rights, Laws: Issues of Native Title series, vol. 6, no. 5, AIATSIS Research Publications, Canberra. |
Compensation, Legal, Native Title Act | Article / paper | |
Native Title Report 2012 | 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. The 2012 Native Title report includes a section on Indigneous Governance and a human rights approach to Indigenous governance. |
Carbon farming, Compensation, Governance, Human rights, Indigenous knowledge | Report | |
ORACLE - Selecting Senior Staff | Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations | ORIC newsletter with advice about selecting senior staff. |
ORIC, Staff | Newsletter | |
ORACLE - Separation of Roles | Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations | ORIC newsletter about the separation of roles in a corporation. |
Directors, Members, ORIC, Staff | Newsletter | |
ORACLE - The vital role of your CEO/Manager | Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations | ORIC newsletter about the role of the CEO |
CEO, ORIC, Staff | Newsletter |