Resources and publications
Title | Author /s | Summary | Date | Tag(s) | Type |
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Aboriginal Carbon Foundation | Aboriginal Carbon Foundation | Aboriginal Carbon Foundation is a national not-for-profit company building and nurturing a sustainable Aboriginal carbon industry. |
Carbon farming, Commercial development, Employment, Environment, Fire | Website | |
Community, identity, wellbeing: The report of the Second National Indigenous Languages Survey | AIATSIS, Indigenous Languages Support | The report of the Second National Indigenous Languages Survey (NILS2) offers key insights for governments and communities into the current situation of Australian languages, how they are being supported and how best to continue this support. |
Language | 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 | |
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 | |
First glance: A draft template for surveying your land and native title claim archives | AIATSIS | This template will assist you to complete a ‘first glance’ survey of materials in your personal archives. While designed primarily to survey materials produced under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act (Northern Territory) 1976 (Cth) (ALRA) and the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) (NTA), the template will assist in surveying other materials. This template has been peer-reviewed but remains as a draft to be trialled and to obtain further advice around the documenting of digital archives. For updates see Aboriginal land rights in the Northern Territory: Documenting and preserving the records and memories. |
Native title claim | Template | |
Gkuthaarn and Kukatj Land and Sea Country Plan | GKuthaarn and Kukatj Traditional Owners, Carpentaria Land Council Aboriginal Corporation | The Gkuthaarn and Kukatj 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. |
Commercial development, Community development, Employment, Environment, Indigenous knowledge, Land and sea management, Tourism, Youth | Report | |
Guidelines on how to participate | National Landcare Programme | This guide provides a general overview of the National Landcare Programme (NLP) investment, which includes investing in projects that build on our partnerships with Indigenous people and communities so they have the opportunity to fully participate in land and sea management, drawing on their significant and unique knowledge, skills and responsibilities. |
Employment, Environment, EPBC Act (Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation), Land and sea management, Training, Volunteering | 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 | |
Indigenous language and language rights in Australia after the ‘Mabo’ (No 2) Decision - a poor report card | Laura Beacroft | This paper investigates one element of the decision in Mabo v Queensland [No 2] (1992) 175 CLR 1, namely Indigenous languages, and whether there has been a transformational shift in the treatment and recognition of Indigenous languages and language rights post-Mabo. |
Language | Article / paper | |
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 | |
National Indigenous Languages Report 2019 | Australian Government Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications, AIATSIS, Australian National University | The Report strengthens the evidence base regarding the use, importance, and state of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages. It identifies the strengths and speaker numbers of Australia's Indigenous languages, as well as the many economic and social benefits gained through the recognition, use and reawakening of those languages. |
Language | Report | |
National Indigenous Languages Survey Report 2005 | Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, AIATSIS, FATSIL | The National Indigenous Languages Survey (NILS) Report 2005 provides a summary and analysis of the results from a survey of Indigenous languages vitality status and resources that was carried out in 2004. |
Language | Report | |
Re-awakening languages: Theory and practice in the revitalisation of Australia’s Indigenous languages | John Hobson, Kevin Lowe, Susan Poetsch, Michael Walsh | This book seeks to provide the first comprehensive snapshot of the actions and aspirations of Indigenous people and their supporters for the revitalisation of Australian languages in the twenty-first century. |
Language | Book | |
Recruiting and supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees: A guide for community legal centres | National Association of Community Legal Centres | To assist community legal centres (CLCs) to meet the cultural safety standards in the National Accreditation Scheme (NAS), the National Association of Community Legal Centres (NACLC) has developed this Guide to assist NACLC and CLCs to improve the attraction, recruitment, support and retention of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees in the sector. |
Business, Culture, Employment, Training | Guide | |
Staff induction checklist | PBC website | This staff induction checklist provides a downloadable template for your PBC to formalise the induction process of new staff members. It contains suggestions on documents to be included in an induction kit and on the induction process. |
Employment, Induduction, Secretary, Staff | Checklist | |
Targeted recruitment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people | Human Rights Commission | This guideline explains how targeted recruitment strategies for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people can be consistent with discrimination laws. |
Employment, Legal | Guide | |
Warra: Building teams, building resources | First Language Australia | The aim of Warra is to make the collaborative work of producing Indigenous language resources easier for all involved. |
Community, Language | Report |