Resources and publications
Title | Author /s | Summary | Date | Tag(s) | Type |
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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 | |
Independent director guide | Aboriginal Governance and Management Program | This guidebook provides information on how to select independent directors for the Aboriginal boardroom. |
Board, Directors, Members, ORIC | Guide | |
Indigenous partnerships in protected area management in Australia: three case studies | Toni Bauman, Dr Dermot Smyth | AIATSIS completed three case studies in the joint management of conservation and Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) in partnership with the Australian Collaboration, the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) and the Poola Foundation (Tom Kantor Fund), as part of the AIATSIS 'Success in Aboriginal Organisations' Project. Within this project, Ms Toni Bauman completed a case study of Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge) National Park. Mr Dermot Smyth carried out two case studies on the Dhimurru Indigenous Protected Area and the Booderee National Park in the ACT. |
AIATSIS, Environment, IPA (Indigenous Protected Areas), Joint Management | Book | |
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 | |
Managing conflict: A guide for boards | Governing Good | This guidebook provides information about how a board member in a non-profit or voluntary organization manages conflict. |
Board, Directors, Members, NFP (Not-For-Profit), Volunteering | Guide | |
Metadata and digital files | AIATSIS | This guide on metadata explains what metadata is, why it is important and how it can be used for digital files. |
Guide | ||
Native Title Corporations: A Legal and Anthropological Analysis | Christos Mantziaris, David E Morrison | In this book, Mantziaris, a barrister, and Martin, an anthropologist, explore the question of the legal framework for native title management following a determination of native title in favour of a particular indigenous group. The book clarifies, for native title practitioners, what is involved in establishing native title corporations and the legal and policy problems that will be faced. |
Native Title Act, PBCs (Prescribed Body / Bodies Corporate) | Book | |
Native title story: Introduction to native title and prescribed bodies corporate | Central Land Council | In 2018, the Central Land Council released the Native Title Story: Introduction to Native Title and Prescribed Bodies Corporate information resource for native title holders in Central Australia. This booklet explains in plain English the process of native title, what PBCs do, the difference between the Aboriginal Land Rights Act and the Native Title Act, and some hard words commonly used in native title. For more information about this publication, contact the Central Land Council PBC Support Unit via corporations@clc.org.au. |
Book | ||
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 | |
People on Country: Vital Landscapes, Indigenous Futures | Jon Altman, Seán Kerins (eds) | This serious of essays draws on a diversity of perspectives to document a significant social and environmental movement that is quietly gathering momentum across this vast Indigenous estate. This series of essays, drawn from an unusual collaboration between university researchers and Indigenous land owners, tells a little-known story about Aboriginal people who are living on, working on and caring for the lands and seas that they own and manage. The ongoing struggles by Indigenous people to conserve and rehabilitate the outstanding natural and cultural values of their ancestral lands deserve wide recognition and acclaim.
Information on the volume can be found here. This volume can be purchased directly from The Federation Press by following the link below. |
Rangers / caring for country | Book | |
Procedure for handling complaints or disputes | Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation | This brochure provides a brief guide to the processes for dealing with disputes or complaints by members, clients and the general public. |
Dispute management | Guide | |
Raising your profile on social media | Media Trust | This guidebook provides general information on how to raise your profile on social media. |
Communication | Guide | |
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 | |
Simple steps to planning a campaign | Media Trust | This guide provides some simple steps to plan a campaign. |
Business | Guide | |
Social Media Policy Guidelines | PBC website | These guidelines raise some important questions to help your PBC to formulate a social media policy. |
Communication | 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 | |
Starting a business checklist | Business, Australian Government | New to business and not sure where to start? Starting your business checklist will help guide you through some important steps. |
Business | 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 | |
Taungurung Decision-Making Guide | Toni Bauman, Belinda Burbidge, Chris Marshall | Taungurung Land and Waters Council and AIATSIS collaboratively produced a decision-making guide for Taungurung people to use in governance. The guide contains practical information on:
The guide is of practical use for Taungurung Land and Waters Council in governance, assisting communication and engagement, inducting new board members, and managing disagreements about procedures and policies. It will also be of interest to other Indigenous corporations that are working on their own decision-making structures, processes and models, particularly native title Prescribed Bodies Corporate (PBCs) and other traditional owner corporations. |
AIATSIS, Board, CEO, Chairperson, Decision making, Directors, Dispute management, Governance, Members, PBCs (Prescribed Body / Bodies Corporate) | Guide |