International Journal of Child and Adolescent Resilience, vol. 4, no. 1, 2016, pp. 4-32
Description
Review of 33 published and grey literature sources. Analysis includes population characteristics, age, method, definition of resilience and key findings for each item.
International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, vol. 9, no. 1, 2016, pp. 17-27
Description
Contends that before Australian sociology expands its engagement with Indigenous issues and knowledges, there needs to be reconsideration and reconciliation with past beliefs and practices.
Photographies, vol. 3, no. 2, Photography, Archive and Memory, 2010, pp. 173-187
Description
Explains the current role of the archive in terms of showing engagement between white settlers and Indigenous people and also to assist with the recovery of family and stories that have been lost through colonization in Australia.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 109-137
Description
Looks at how the concepts of ‘Kijigabandan’ and ‘Manadjitowin’ can assist Aboriginal social work to address two key barriers that often impede Aboriginal-specific harm reduction discussions, widespread support for abstinence and prohibition, and the belief that harm reduction and Aboriginal culture are incompatible.
Judge ruled that the Crown could not sue on behalf of victims, which undermined the position that Aboriginals were wards of the state. Article uses new archival documents to document litigation and show the ideological dilemmas faced by the welfare administration.
Issues Paper (Closing the Gap Clearinghouse) ; no. 1
E-Books
Author/Creator
Nola Purdie
Sarah Buckley
Description
Explores approaches used to improve attendance and retention including rewards and sanctions, improved literacy and numeracy outcomes, teacher quality improvement and development of culturally relevant curricular.
Native Studies Review, vol. 19, no. 1, 2010, pp. 101-118
Description
Interprets the relationships between the settler colonizer, the Indigenous colonized, and a variety of differently categorized exogenous "Others" and how they interpenetrate and overlap, but remain separate as they co-define each other.
Looks at the work of a leading Australian historian Patrick O'Farrell, and delves into why the offspring of Irish and Aboriginal parents are prouder of their heritage than those of other European ethnic groups.
Analysis of early contact along the Overland Stock Route using accounts by explorers and overlanders, police and volunteer police parties, and later travellers.
Focuses on the attitudes of the most senior public servant responsible for the administration of Western Australia's Aboriginal population and his role as an advocate for citizenship rights, access to social security benefits, housing and education.
Policy Paper Series (Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service Victoria)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service Victoria (FVPLS Victoria)
Description
Looks at key law and justice issues: funding services in rural areas; national women's legal program; and women's law and justice policy development and funding issues.
Policy Paper Series (Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service Victoria)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service Victoria (FVPLS Victoria)
Description
Reports on current legal and associated services offered in the state, government initiatives addressing family violence, and results from consultations about experiences with the legal system.
AlterNative, vol. 12, no. 5, [Indigenous Peoples, Popular Pleasures and the Everyday], 2016, pp. 498-512
Description
Explores appropriation of the country music genre by Australian Aboriginals and Native Americans to express their histories, beliefs and connection to the land.