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Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Federation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages, Community protocols for Indigenous language projects 2004, 2004
... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities...Federation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities ...Covers protocols for producing language materials at a local level, rather than major publishing houses. The guide's aim is to encourage positive working relationships between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and their consultants.language directories, cultural property, intellectual property -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Commonwealth records : a guide to records in the Australian Archives, ACT Regional Office, 1993
... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in... is relevant to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Some... and Torres Strait Islander people. Some of it is about day-to-day ...Commonwealth records include much information which is relevant to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Some of it is about day-to-day administration and particular events and people, and some is about policy. The intention of the guide is to make some of this information more accessible. It attempts to provide for people with different kinds of needs.government agency listings, b&w photographsresearch, archives, act regional office, public records, australian war memorial, commonwealth agencies -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Chris Cunneen et al, Keeping Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people out of custody : an evaluation of the implementation of the recommendations of the Royal Commission in [ie. into] Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, 1997
... Keeping Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people out of... system 3: Explanations for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander... 2: Data on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander over ...Contents: 1: Introduction 2: Data on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander over-representation in the criminal justice system 3: Explanations for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander over-representation in the criminal justice system PART TWO : CASE STUDIES 4 : Poor Practice Case Studies - 5 : Best Practice Case Studies PART THREE: ANALYSIS OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEIR IMPLEMENTATION 6: Adequacy of Information -7: Aboriginal and Police Community Relations 8: Responding to Public Drunkenness 9: Police Practices and Procedures 10: Imprisonment as a Last Resort 11: Court Processes, Legislation and Aboriginal Legal Representation 12: Aboriginal Young People and the Juvenile Justice System PART FOUR 13: Conclusion APPENDIXES Appendix 1: The recommendations of the Royal Commission most proximate to reducing the over-representation of Aboriginal people in custody Appendix 2: Methodological issues in determining over-representation Appendix 3: Details of Federal funding related to State agencies for the implementation of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody recommendations.b&w illustrations, tablesaboriginal deaths in custody, criminal justice system -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Pat Dodson et al, Recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in the Constitution : report of the expert panel, 2012
... Recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples... opportunity to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples... opportunity to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples ...Current multiparty support has created a historic opportunity to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first peoples of Australia, to affirm their full and equal citizenship, and to remove the last vestiges of racial discrimination from the Constitution. The Expert Panel was tasked to report to the Government on possible options for constitutional change to give effect to Indigenous constitutional recognition, including advice as to the level of support from Indigenous people and the broader community for these options. This executive summary sets out the Panel's conclusions and recommendations" [taken from executive summary]. Report contains draft Bill for an Act to alter the Constitution to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their cultures, languages and heritage, to replace racially discriminatory provisions and to include a prohibition of racial discrimination. Letter to the Prime Minister Foreword from the co-chairs Executive summary Introduction: Expert panel and its methodology 1. Historical background 2. Comparative and international recognition 3. The national conversation: themes from the consultation program 4. Forms of recognition 5. The 'race' provisions 6. Racial non-discrimination 7. Governance and political participation 8. Agreement-making 9. The question of sovereignty 10. Approaches to the referendum 11. Draft bill Appendixes Bibliography.maps, tables, colour photographs, chartsconstitutional history, legislation, australian constitution, constitutional law, closing the gap, 1967 referendum, white australia policy, sovereignty -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Document - Report, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, The first step : a report on the initial community consultations on the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, 1992
... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission... Document Report Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission ...In October 1987, the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody was established to find out why so many Aboriginal people were dying in prison - 99 between January 1980 and May 1989 alone. Since then, tragically, there have been another 25 deaths.The findings of the Royal Commission and its recommendations have been widely publicised since their release in May 1991. They catalogue the terrible history of dispossession and oppression of our people. The Commission makes 339 recommendations on how the past hurt and current disadvantage of the Aboriginal people can be redressed... The main themes to emerge not surprisingly, underline many of the issues raised in the Royal Commission's Final Report - the plight of families of the deceases, Aboriginal / police relations, the lack of access to land, substance abuse, appalling health, inadequate housing, and the pressing need to provide education and employment for our youth.41 p. ; 25 cm.In October 1987, the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody was established to find out why so many Aboriginal people were dying in prison - 99 between January 1980 and May 1989 alone. Since then, tragically, there have been another 25 deaths.The findings of the Royal Commission and its recommendations have been widely publicised since their release in May 1991. They catalogue the terrible history of dispossession and oppression of our people. The Commission makes 339 recommendations on how the past hurt and current disadvantage of the Aboriginal people can be redressed... The main themes to emerge not surprisingly, underline many of the issues raised in the Royal Commission's Final Report - the plight of families of the deceases, Aboriginal / police relations, the lack of access to land, substance abuse, appalling health, inadequate housing, and the pressing need to provide education and employment for our youth.australia. royal commission into aboriginal deaths in custody. | prisoners, aboriginal australian. | prisoners, aboriginal australian -- death. | prisoners, aboriginal australian -- mortality. | prisons and race relations -- australia. | police -- complaints against -- australia. | aboriginal australians -- social conditions. | aboriginal australians -- criminal justice system. -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Report, National Languages and Literacy Institute of Australia, Backing Australian languages : review of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages Initiatives Program : final report, 1995
... Torres Strait Islander Languages Initiatives Program : final... : review of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages ...Final report from this body, looking at the effectiveness of Language maintenance programs, a systematic approach to language loss, nature of relationship between languages etc.literacy, language education -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Video, Mungabareena Aboriginal Corporation et al, Managing in two worlds : governance competencies for boards of management of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Organisations
... of management of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander... for boards of management of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...videocassetteindigenous business enterprises -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Native Title Research Unit AIATSIS, Proof and management of native title : summary of proceedings of a workshop : conducted by the Native Titles Research Unit, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies at University House, Canberra 31 January - 1 February 1994, 1994
... Unit, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait... and Torres Strait Islander Studies at University House, Canberra 31 ...Introduction - Jim Fingleton - Outlines history and problem aspects to do with the formulation of the Native Title Act 1993 and subsidiary /? consultative bodies (eg National Native Title Tribunal and Regulations; Native Title Implementation Task Force); Note: Talks &? discussion papers annotated separately by author/?title/?workshop title; SESSION GROUP DISCUSSIONS ONLY annotated here; First Session: Claims - Matters raised in discussion - timing; restraining orders; requirement for claim acceptance; researching claims; disputes; representative bodies; native title /? compensation claims; Second Session: Hearings - "Main matters raised in discussion" - 1.gender issue in hearings; 2.subjective /? objective tests of native title; 3.use of maps; 4.practice directions; 5. mediation; 6. what precision is needed to prove ownership; Third Session: Determinations - "Matters raised in discussion" - 1.what is a community; 2.the legal process for proof of communal title(i-iv); Fourth Session: New Management Regimes - Main matters raised in discussion - 1. need for new development models; 2. need for new administrative models; 3. is self-sufficiency a realistic goal; 4. actve/?passive income; 5. direct funding of Indigenous bodies; 6. towards self-government; Fifth Session: New Management Decisions - Main matters raised in discussion - 1. different models for money management; 2. local government laws and native title; 3. restrictions on the enjoyment of native title rights; 4. need for flexibility in investigating native title; Sixth Session: Conclusions and Recommendations - Papers as requested; discussion; Main New Matters raised by panel in discussion - 1. recommendations from the Aboriginal caucus; 2. requirements for an application; 3. issues for funding; 4. role of representative bodies; 5. double dipping; 6. role of AIATSIS; 7. trustees or agents; 8. land management issues; Annexes: annotated separately under author /? title.tablesnative title, land tenure -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Penny Taylor, Telling it like it is : a guide to making Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, 1996
... Torres Strait Islander history... it is : a guide to making Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history ...This research manual gives sources and details for history research. Includes stories from the area.b&w photographsoral histories, historical research -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, David Horton, The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, society and culture ; volume 2 M-Z, 1994
... Torres Strait Islander history, society and culture ; volume 2 M... and Torres Strait Islander history, society and culture ; volume 2 M ...Comprehensive edition including all aspects of Aboriginal history, culture, heritage and environment.maps, colour illustrations, b&w illustrations, colour photographs, tables -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, David Horton, The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, society and culture ; volume 1 A-L, 1994
... Torres Strait Islander history, society and culture ; volume 1 A... : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, society and culture ...Comprehensive 2 volume set of encyclopaedia covering all aspects of Australian Aborigines, flora, fauna and environment.maps, colour illustrations, b&w illustrations, colour photographs, tables -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Graham McKay, The land still speaks : review of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander language maintenance and development needs and activities, 1996
... The land still speaks : review of Aboriginal and Torres.... The land still speaks : review of Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...Review in 1994 examined language maintenance activities at Borroloola, Kempsey, Ringers Soak (Yaruman) and Saibai Island specifically and other language maintenance and revival activities in Australia and overseas; principles espoused include those of indigenous consultation, decision -making and control, increasing services to improve community life, training in language matters and indigenous literacy, promotion of language use in schools and of importance of language, funding for broadcasting, training, language and education programs, research, publication and information exchange.language maintenance, language and education -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Carol Cooper, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander collections in overseas museums, 1989
... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander collections in... places b&w illustrations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...b&w illustrationsantiquities, material culture, keeping places -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Protocols for Libraries, Archives and Information Services, 1995
... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Protocols for... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Protocols for Libraries ...alia, atsilirn, intellectual property, libraries, archives, information services protocols, moral rights -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Maryanne Sam et al, Through black eyes : a handbook of family violence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, 1991
... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities... and Torres Strait Islander communities Book Maryanne Sam Secretariat ...B&w illustrations, b&w photographsfamily violence, child abuse, sexual abuse, secretariat of the national aboriginal and islander child care, state legislation -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Sarina Singh, Aboriginal Australia & the Torres Strait Islands : guide to Indigenous Australia, 2001
... Aboriginal Australia & the Torres Strait Islands : guide... & the Torres Strait Islands : guide to Indigenous Australia Book Sarina ...Comprehensive text with maps, coloured photos etc., dealing with all of Indigenous Australia. Provides historical references. Details of the Mabo finding.maps, b&w photographs, colour photographs, illustrations, word listsculture, travel guide, tourism, art, food -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Butlin & Lloyd Pty. Ltd, Food and Nutrition Programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, 1997
... Food and Nutrition Programs for Aboriginal and Torres.... Food and Nutrition Programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...i-xi; 221P.; tables; refs.; appendices; 30 cm.food and nutrition-programs-aborigines, australia. -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Richard Broome, Fighting hard : the Victorian Aborigines Advancement League, 2015
... Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait... and Torres Strait Islander Studies ...As both a welfare and activist body, the League is the "mother" of all Aboriginal Victorian community organisations, having spawned a diverse range of them...Over the years the League has proven that despite the pervasive mythology, Aboriginal people are able to successfully govern their own organisations. In particular, the League has proven its capacity for managing good governance while maintaining Aboriginal cultural values. aborigines advancement league, history, government, social relations -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, National Indigenous languages survey report 2005, 2005
... Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait... report 2005 Book Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres ...The National Indigenous Languages Survey Report 2005 highlights that: of an original estimated 250 known Australian Indigenous languages, only 18 languages are now considered 'strong' and have speakers in all age groups; about 110 Indigenous languages are still spoken by older people but are endangered; words and phrases are still in use and there is community support in many parts of the country for reclamation and learning programs for many other languages which are no longer fully spoken; communities around Australia possess many of the elements required to keep Indigenous languages strong or to reclaim them. They have skilled and devoted language workers and teachers, excellent teaching materials, good documentation of languages and active community language centresmaps, colour photographs, tables, graphsaboriginal english, education, aiatsis, fatsil, language endangerment, language maintenance, language revival, language policy, language proficiency -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Broadcasting, Languages, Arts and Culture Section, Needs survey of community languages 1996, 1996
... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission... and Torres Strait Islander Commission Broadcasting, Languages, Arts ...The survey aims to document the Indigenous language situation and to establish the extent of Indigenous language needs so as to provide a sound basis for further program planning.maps, surveyeducation policy, language policy -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Document - Report, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission. Royal Commission Government Response Monitoring Unit, Five years on : implementation of the Commonwealth Government responses to the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Vol. 2, Policy and Programs : Addressing Disadvantage, 1997
... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission. Royal... Disadvantage. Document Report Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...Volume Two examines the role of the various Commonwealth Government Departments in addressing disadvantage in Aboriginal communities.ii-iv; 296 P.; tables; 25 cm.Volume Two examines the role of the various Commonwealth Government Departments in addressing disadvantage in Aboriginal communities.prisoners, aboriginal australian -- mortality. | prisons and race relations -- australia. | aboriginal australians -- criminal justice system. | police -- complaints against -- australia. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Booklet, Broome, Richard, Aboriginal People of Victoria, 2002
... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission..., Richard Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission ...A booklet outlining the life and times of Victorian Koories from traditional to modern times.p.24; illus col.; maps; bibliography; 30 cm.A booklet outlining the life and times of Victorian Koories from traditional to modern times.koories-traditional societies, | race relations- vctorian aboriginals |, koories-cultural heritage -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Education Kit, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, Indigenous Australia, 1993
... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission... Education Kit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission ATSIC ...Booklets to introduce Aboriginal culture and lifestyles past and present throughout Australia. Extra copies in stackin stack12 booklets ; in folder, 31 cm.Booklets to introduce Aboriginal culture and lifestyles past and present throughout Australia. Extra copies in stackin stackaboriginal australians -- social life and customs. aboriginal australians -- social conditions. aboriginal australians -- history. arts, aboriginal australian. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Booklet, Broome, Richard, Aboriginal People of Victoria, 1990
... Canberra : Published for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait... for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission by the Australian ...15 p. : ill. (some col.), map, ports. ; 30 cm.aboriginal australians -- victoria. -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Indigenous Service: a resource book for primary schools, 1914o
... torres strait islanders... to investigate the wartime experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait... of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from the First World War ...This volume is a resource for primary schools to investigate the wartime experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from the First World War to the present.66 pages, colour illustrations, fold out map. Spiral binding with fold around outer cover.world war i, indigenous australians, aborigines, torres strait islanders -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Indigenous Service: a resource book for secondary schools, 1914o
... torres strait islanders... to investigate the wartime experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait... of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from the First World War ...This volume is a resource for secondary schools to investigate the wartime experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from the First World War to the present.66 pages, colour illustrations, fold out map. Spiral binding with fold around outer cover.world war i, indigenous australians, aborigines, torres strait islanders -
RMIT GSBL Justice Smith Collection
Report, Sutherland, Johanna et al, Addressing the key issues for reconciliation, 1993
... torres strait islanders -- government relations... -- government relations torres strait islanders -- government relations ...Overview of key issue papers no. 1-8 Reprinted March 1994ISBN: 0644328436aboriginal australians -- government relations, torres strait islanders -- government relations, torres strait islanders -- legal status: laws: etc, aboriginal australians -- legal status: laws: etc, aboriginal australians -- treatment, torres strait islanders -- treatment -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Butt, Peter et al, Mabo : what the High Court said, 1993
... Queensland. | Native title (Australia) | Torres Strait Islanders... of Queensland. | Native title (Australia) | Torres Strait Islanders ...This book sets out the High Court Mabo decision in plain English, giving everyone the chance to read the case for themselves. It reduces the judgements to less than a third of their original length. It avoids repetition, translates legalese into English and gathers the judgement into chapters and themes. It looks at the specific issues raised by the High Court judges including terra nullius, Crown sovereignty, land ownership, naive title and protecting native title under the Racial Dicrimination Act.93 p. : ill., 1 port. ; 20 cm.This book sets out the High Court Mabo decision in plain English, giving everyone the chance to read the case for themselves. It reduces the judgements to less than a third of their original length. It avoids repetition, translates legalese into English and gathers the judgement into chapters and themes. It looks at the specific issues raised by the High Court judges including terra nullius, Crown sovereignty, land ownership, naive title and protecting native title under the Racial Dicrimination Act.australia. high court. mabo and others v. state of queensland. | australia. racial discrimination act 1975 | native title - cases - mabo | law - relation to anglo australian law | law - jurisprudence | native title - extinguishment | race relations - racial discrimination - anti discrimination - legislation. | mabo, edward, 1936-1992. mabo and others v. state of queensland. | mabo, edward, 1936-1992 -- trials, litigation, etc. | australia. high court. mabo and others v. state of queensland. | native title (australia) | torres strait islanders -- land tenure. | torres strait islanders -- legal status, laws, etc. | aboriginal australians -- land tenure. | aboriginal australians -- legal status, laws, etc. | land tenure -- law and legislation -- australia. | queensland -- trials, litigation, etc. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Document - Report, Brown, Jill W. (Roisin Hirschfeld and Diane Smith; under the supervision of Professor Edna Chamberlain), Aboriginals and Islanders in Brisbane, 1974
... | Torres Strait Islanders. Social conditions. Brisbane... conditions. Brisbane | Torres Strait Islanders. Social conditions ...Demographic data on race, age, sex, marital status and mobility; education levels; housing and problems in finding accommodation; occupations and income; medical, legal, welfare and other services; hostels.ix, 119 p. ; 25 cm.Demographic data on race, age, sex, marital status and mobility; education levels; housing and problems in finding accommodation; occupations and income; medical, legal, welfare and other services; hostels.australian aborigines. social conditions. brisbane | torres strait islanders. social conditions. brisbane | aboriginal australians -- queensland -- brisbane -- social conditions. | torres strait islanders -- queensland -- brisbane -- social conditions. -
RMIT GSBL Justice Smith Collection
Report, Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation (Australia), Going forward : social justice for the first Australians : a submission to the Commonwealth Government from the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation, 1995
... torres strait islanders -- government policy -- australia... torres strait islanders -- government policy -- australia torres ...ISBN: 0642226423aboriginal australians -- government policy, aboriginal australians -- government relations, torres strait islanders -- government policy -- australia, torres strait islanders -- government relations, social justice -- australia