Resources and publications
Title | Author /s | Summary | Date | Tag(s) | Type |
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A digital approach: Esperance Tjaltjraak Native Title Aboriginal Corporation (ETNTAC) case study report | Christiane Keller, Ophelia Rubinich, Helen Wrigth and Jasmine Tearle | This report provides insights into a digital approach to returning native title materials using digital forensic analysis. Great volumes of hardcopy and digital materials can be interrogated with a keyword search once ingested into a NUIX database to retrieve relevant documents. It provides step-by step diagrams and the ETNTAC Native Title Materials Policy and Procedure. |
Database, Heritage, Policies, Technology | Report | |
Aboriginal land claims in the Northern Territory: Documenting and preserving the records and memories - Community Report | Toni Bauman, David Parsons, Ophelia Rubinich, Dr Christiane Keller | This report shows the development of a user-friendly ‘first glance’ guide and template that will facilitate a broad assessment of an archive, particularly in the absence of the collection holder and provides the basis for discussions about deposits, returns and the legal status of particular documents. |
AIATSIS, Community development, Data sovereignty, Indigenous knowledge, Native title materials, Research | Report | |
Aboriginal land claims in the Northern Territory: Documenting and preserving the records and memories - Report of a Focus Group Meeting | Toni Bauman, David Parsons | This report shows the development of a user-friendly ‘first glance’ guide and template that will facilitate a broad assessment of an archive, particularly in the absence of the collection holder and provides the basis for discussions about deposits, returns and the legal status of particular documents. |
AIATSIS, Data sovereignty, Indigenous knowledge, Legal, Native title materials, Research | Report | |
AIATSIS Submission to review of the CATSI Act: Phase two | Dr Lisa Strelein, Ophelia Rubinich, Casey Millward | Since 2016, AIATSIS has contributed to a number of reviews of the CATSI Act including the Technical Review of the CATSI Act (2017) and CATSI Review Phase 1 (2020). Throughout this report, the AIATSIS researchers refer to the AIATSIS submissions for both of these reviews. |
AIATSIS, CATSI Act, Compliance, Policies, Rule book | Report | |
Banking the credit of community ownership – the Victorian experience | Jeremy Clark, Janine Coombs | This paper examines the potential for native title organisations with limited asset bases to engage in successful commercial activity through joint venture enterprises. Firstly, we describe the development of the Federation of Victorian Traditional Owner Corporations as a state ‘peak-body’ of local native title organisations. We then discuss the Federation’s program of economic and commercial development both for its members and as an entity in itself, including the establishment of its incorporated joint ventures; Barpa Constructions Pty Ltd and On Country Heritage and Consulting Pty Ltd and commentary on the significance of the Commonwealth’s Indigenous Procurement Policy as a factor in this process. The final section of the paper draws upon the experience of the Federation to examine how the legitimacy bestowed by the community ownership of native title organisations’ businesses creates a market advantage which is attractive to joint venture partners and can more than offset and deficit in terms of monetary resources available for investment in a newly established enterprise. The paper concludes by reflecting that the market advantage bestowed by community ownership may well be a product of the racism inherent in Australian society’s hostility to wealthy Indigenous individuals. |
Commercial development, Federation of Victorian Traditional Owner Corporation, Finance, PBCs (Prescribed Body / Bodies Corporate) | Presentation | |
Corporation Reporting Guide | Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations | This guide is designed to help corporation auditors and accountants (or bookkeepers) prepare reports |
Bookkeeping, ORIC, PBCs (Prescribed Body / Bodies Corporate), Policies, Reporting, Rule book | Information Sheet | |
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 | |
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 | |
Data sovereignty policy brief | AbSec NSW Child, Family and Community Peak Aboriginal Corporation | This policy statement provides brief information for Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDS), which refers to the right of Indigenous peoples to exercise authority over the collection, access, analysis and use of data that pertains to them. |
Data sovereignty, Indigenous knowledge | Policy statement | |
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 | |
Enabling Prosperity: Success Factors for Indigenous Economic Development | URBIS | Westpac commissioned Urbis to undertake research to understand the key drivers of economic development for Indigenous Australians. The aim of the research was to provide an evidence-base analysis of factors that support entrepreneurship and economic development, building on Australian and international literature and research. The overarching research question was: What factors lead to successful economic development and job creation in Indigenous communities? |
Commercial development, Employment, Finance | Report | |
Governance Rules and Policies | Indigenous Governance Toolkit | The topic 'Rules and policies' from the Indigenous Governance Toolkit has six sections,
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Decision making, Governance, Meetings, Policies | Toolkit | |
Guidelines for ethical research in Australian Indigenous studies | AIATSIS | This revised comprehensive review of AIATSIS sets the highest standards of ethics and support for human rights in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research. While the principles in the 2012 edition are largely retained, they have been reorganised into a new framework and augmented to reflect emerging standards and developments. |
AIATSIS, Capacity building, Data sovereignty, Ethics, Research | Guide | |
In the Native Title 'hot tub': expert conferences and concurrent expert evidence in Native Title | Vance Hughston, Tina Jowett | In the Native Title ‘hot tub’ outlines the history and development of expert conferencing and expert concurrent evidence in Australia, including in the Federal Court. These approaches to expert evidence are a major development of the last decade, greatly reducing the hearing time of Native Title proceedings and the costs to the parties involved. The authors explore how expert conferences and concurrent evidence can narrow the issues in the Native Title claims of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, discussing in particular their experiences in four recent cases. |
AIATSIS, Finance, Native Title Act | Article / paper | |
Indigenous Advancement Strategy Grant Guidelines - March 2016 (updated August 2019) | National Indigenous Australians Agency | This document provides guidance for applicants applying for PBC Capacity Building grant funding under the IAS. It provides key information to assist applicants to complete the application form and should be read in conjunction with the IAS Grant Guidelines. An Application Form and draft Project Agreement together with the IAS Guidelines can be found on the Department’s website. |
Finance, Funding | Information Sheet | |
Indigenous data sovereignty | Australian Indigenous Governance Institute | This briefing paper provides general information on the 2018 Indigenous Data Sovereignty Summit is a collaboration between the Maiam nayri Wingara Indigenous Data Sovereignty Network and the Australian Indigenous Governance Institute. |
Data sovereignty, Indigenous knowledge | Article / paper | |
Lhere Artepe Policy and Procedure Guide | Lhere Artepe Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC | Policy and procedure guide for Lhere Artepe Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC |
Directors, Dispute management, Meetings, Policies, Reporting | Policy statement | |
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 | |
National picture: growth of Prescribed Bodies Corporate | Belinda Burbidge | The Prescribed Body Corporate (PBC) research snapshot series has been developed to share findings from the Native Title Research Unit's (NTRU) investigation into the constitutions and financial reports of PBCs. This research forms part of the PBC Capability project which aims to develop a long-term national picture of the PBC sector. This snapshot provides an overview of the NTRU's analysis of the publicly available financial data submitted to the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC), and examines the financial growth and development of PBCs from the financial year 2010-11 to 2015-16. |
AIATSIS, Finance, Funding, ORIC, PBCs (Prescribed Body / Bodies Corporate) | Report | |
National picture: Small native title corporations – income and costs | Iain G. Johnston, Belinda Burbidge | The Prescribed Body Corporate (PBC) research snapshot series has been developed to share findings from the Native Title Research Unit’s (NTRU) investigation into the constitutions and financial reports of PBCs. This research forms part of the PBC Capability project which aims to develop a long-term national picture of the PBC sector. This snapshot examines the distribution of wealth and growth of PBCs by size between the years 2010-11 and 2015-16 calculated in terms of net totals and growth rates in the areas of income, assets, equity and staff. |
AIATSIS, Finance, ORIC, PBCs (Prescribed Body / Bodies Corporate) | Report |