Research Catalog

Title

Working on country : contemporary indigenous management of Australia's lands and coastal regions / edited by Richard Baker, Jocelyn Davies, and Elspeth Young.

Publication

South Melbourne, Vic. ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Young, E. A. (Elspeth A.)
• Davies, Jocelyn
• Baker, Richard Munro

Description

xxiv, 351 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.

Summary

This work provides a comprehensive account of indigenous land and water management in Australia, with an emphasis on practical outcomes to manage the country for a sustainale future.

Subject

• Geschichte 1970-2000
• Aboriginal Australians > Land tenure
• Land use > Australia > Management
• Conservation of natural resources > Australia

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Managing country: an overview of the prime issues -- 2. Managing country: a legal overview -- 3. Introduction to Part II: Approaches to managing country -- 4. Management of sea country: indigenous people's use and management of marine environments -- 5. Joint management of national parks -- 6. Sustainable balance: a Yolngu framework for cross-cultural collaborative management -- 7. Culture and communication in Aboriginal land management in New South Wales: a Koori perspective -- 8. Challenging 'wildlife management': lessons for Australia from Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa -- 9. Introduction to Part III: Sharing knowledge -- 10. 'Bridging the communication gap': transferring information between scientists and Aboriginal land managers -- 11. Ngaparrtji Ngaparrtji Nintilpayi: reciprocal thinking in indigenous land management -- 12. Participatory land assessment: integrating perceptions of country through mapping -- 13. Cooperative cross-cultural biological surveys in resource management: experiences in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara lands -- 14. Understanding whitefella secret cattle business -- 15. Towards community-based management of natural marine resources in Torres Strait -- 16. Accessing the Dreaming: indigenous student response to Mungo National Park -- 17. Introduction to Part IV: Negotiating management -- 18. Bundarwa, Berri-werri and the Bay: traditional rights and bureaucratic boundaries -- 19. Moving towards joint management in New South Wales: a Jervis Bay case study -- 20. Landscapes of the mind, landscapes of the spirit: negotiating a sentient landscape -- 21. Turning back the clock: fire, biodiversity and indigenous community development in Tasmania -- 22. Social impact assessment: Coronation Hill -- 23. Working on country: listening, sharing and providing practical support.

ISBN

0195512170

LCCN

^^2001430930

OCLC

• 49928415
• SCSB-11681004

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library