Resources and publications
Title | Author /s | Summary | Date | Tag(s) | Type |
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Kooyang Sea Country Plan | Members of the Framlingham Aboriginal Trust and Winda Mara Aboriginal Corporation | This Sea Country Plan is an important step in re-asserting our responsibilities for the management and protection of the natural resources of our country. |
Heritage, Land and sea management, Land and water, Land rights | Report | |
Kurtijar Land and Saltwater Country Plan | Kurtijar People, Carpentaria Land Council Aboriginal Corporation | The Kurtijar Land and Saltwater Country Plan is a strategic document that provides a framework for our people and our partners to work together to care for all the natural and cultural values of our country, while providing a sustainable livelihood for our community and others with rights and interests in our land and saltwater country. |
Land and sea management, Land and water, Land rights | Report | |
Legal issues in transferring research materials from NTRB/SPs to RNTBCs | Angus Frith | Native title materials created in the process of native title, land claim and cultural heritage work include individual statements, expert reports, genealogies, field notes and other materials. This paper addresses some of the legal issues arising in relation to the transfer of research material from NTRB/SPs to RNTBCs. |
Compliance, ICIP (Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property), Legal, Native title holder, Native title materials, NTRB (Native Title Representative Body), NTSP (Native Title Service Provider), PBCs (Prescribed Body / Bodies Corporate) | Presentation | |
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 | |
Native Title Information Handbooks - PBC Funding and Training Guide | The Native Title Information Handbooks provide a summary of resources and information relating to key areas of native title. The Handbooks provide information about:
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Agreements, Determinations, Future acts, IPA (Indigenous Protected Areas), Land and sea management, Land and water, NNTC (National Native Title Council), NTRB (Native Title Representative Body), NTSP (Native Title Service Provider), PBC Regulations, PBCs (Prescribed Body / Bodies Corporate) | Information Sheet | ||
Native Title Report 2000 | 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. This report examines: human rights and native title
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Heritage, Land and sea management, Land rights, Native Title Act, Water rights | Report | |
Native Title Report 2008 | 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. |
Caring for Country, Environment, Indigenous knowledge, Land and sea management, Water rights | Report | |
Native Title Report 2011 | 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. |
Land and sea management, Legal, Native Title Act | 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 | |
Ngarrindjeri Nation Yaruwar-Ruwe Plan | Ngarrindjeri people, South Australia | A key purpose of the plan was to better educate government and nongovernment agencies, researchers and the wider Australian public on Ngarrindjeri connection to Country and their associated rights and obligations to Yarluwar-Ruwe. |
Culture, Land and sea management, Land and water, Land rights, Water rights | Report | |
Our Country Our Way: Guidelines for Australian Indigenous Protected Area Management Plans | R Hill, F Walsh, J Davies, M Sandford | Our Country Our Way has been written for the managers of IPAs, IPA and Co-Management Consultation Projects, and their staff. Their primary aim is to provide practical guidance about how to achieve Management Plans that recognise the connections between Indigenous people, country, traditional law and culture, while also meeting national and international standards for protected area management. In so doing, this document invites planners and others to enter an Indigenous conceptual terrain and consider some highly innovative and at times challenging intercultural adaptations. The Guidelines draw on examples from IPAs and Co-Management Consultation Projects around Australia to illustrate the unique cultural settings and vibrant Indigenous management strategies on country. |
Indigenous knowledge, Indigenous law, IPA (Indigenous Protected Areas), Land and sea management | Report | |
Report on breakout session: The future of connection material | Grace Koch | This report of the discussion, which considered current practice for the treatment of connection material and other documents collected in the claim process, forms part of the 2005 Native Title Conference. |
AIATSIS, Native title materials, NTRB (Native Title Representative Body) | Report | |
Report on survey of NTRBs (April-May 2005) | Grace Koch | In April-May 2005, the Native Title Research and Access Officer, Ms Grace Koch conducted a survey of NTRBs to find out about current storage practices and plans for the future of documents that have been either collected or generated by the native title process. |
AIATSIS, Native title materials, NTRB (Native Title Representative Body) | Report | |
Report on workshop for NTRBs on databases and access and use issues | Grace Koch | In June 2006, representatives from 13 NTRBs met in Canberra to discuss databases and the needs of their organisations for collection management practices. Through this report, a list of ideal fields of information was drawn up along with some guidelines for access of native title material. Several NTRBs have used the information from this workshop to design their own databases. |
Native title materials, NTRB (Native Title Representative Body) | Report | |
Strategic Plan for Mandingalbay Yidinji Country | Mandingalbay Yidinji people | This strategic plan sets out our concerns and proposals regarding the use, management and governance of Mandingalbay Yidinji Country, with a particular focus on the protected areas. |
Heritage, IPA (Indigenous Protected Areas), Land and sea management | Report | |
Sustainable development through asset leasing | Graeme Smith, Ray McInnes, Gordon Noonan | This panel explores an approach to leveraging the income streams of native title groups and other Indigenous organisations in order to finance community development projects or local businesses. The approach involves the use of asset leasing solutions developed by IBA which supports Indigenous groups to sustainably manage their business or community development assets. IBA has been able to support a number of Indigenous organisations around Australia using asset leasing solutions to acquire a very diverse range of assets, including for civil construction assets, demountable accommodation, vehicles, machinery and equipment. The panel will explore a case-study, where IBA and Manungurra Aboriginal Corporation have been working together to finance the acquisition of Manungurra’s community development assets including vehicles and solar panels with battery storage for outstation housing. These assets are part of a broader Manungurra community development plan which aims to ensure traditional owners are supported in their goal to live independently on-country Ray McInnes' presentation can be downloaded here. Graeme Smith & Gordon Noonan's presentation can be downloaded below. |
Business, Commercial development, Community development, Environment, Land and sea management | Presentation | |
The future of connection material held by Native Title Representative Bodies: Final report | Grace Koch | The native title process has created valuable research resources assembled during the claim research. Although some of this material has come from other sources, the arrangement of the documents coupled with original field research gives a unique description of Indigenous societies and their connections with the land. Also, much of the field material is irreplaceable because the elders who gave the information may have passed away. This connection material is of great value, not only to claimants, but to the wider community because it offers a valuable contribution to Australian history, anthropology, sociology, land management and other disciplines. |
AIATSIS, Native title materials, NTRB (Native Title Representative Body) | Report | |
Thuwathu / Bujimulla Sea Country Plan | Peoples from the Wellesley Island region | This plan is to explain cultural relationship of the Aboriginal Traditional Owners of the Wellesley Islands region of the southern Gulf of Carpentaria and obligations to the Sea Country, and to outline their ideas and commitments for its sustainable use and management. |
Land and sea management, Land and water, Land rights, Water rights | Report | |
What do young fellas reckon? Exploring the experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth in native title | Bhiamie Williamson, Stacey Little | The research informing this paper engaged directly with young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people about their experiences of native title. This paper reveals a number of emerging issues for the native title sector and related fields such as governance, land and water management, and the wider community sector. Key insights in this paper include the evolving ways in which connections to country and culture are being experienced; the importance of active and ongoing support and mentorship; and the need for improved access to native title knowledge and information. |
Community, Culture, Governance, Land and sea management, PBCs (Prescribed Body / Bodies Corporate), Youth | Report |