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Visible and invisible : Aboriginal people in the economy of Northern Australia
- Title
- Visible and invisible : Aboriginal people in the economy of Northern Australia / Greg Crough.
- Author
- Crough, G. J. (Gregory John), 1953-
- Publication
- Darwin : North Australia Research Unit, Australian National University : Nugget Coombs Forum for Indigenous Studies, 1993.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | GN666 .C76 1993 | Off-site |
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- Description
- vi, 138 pages; 21 cm
- Summary
- Discusses public sector spending in the Northern Territory; pastoral industry; mining industry; regional development plans for the Kimberley, Gulf region, Barkly region and Katherine region; social justice; local government; role of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission and its regional councils; royalties and other financial aspects of land ownership; national parks management.
- Subject
- Since 1945
- Aboriginal Australians > Economic conditions
- Aboriginal Australians > Government relations
- Finance
- Government policy - State and territory - Queensland
- Government policy - State and territory - Western Australia
- Land rights - Ownership
- Land rights - Conservation areas
- Land rights - Mining industry
- Land rights - Pastoral industry
- Land rights - Compensation and royalties
- Land rights - Excisions and leases
- Politics and Government - Local government
- Occupations - Public servants
- Economic history
- Wirtschaft
- Australia > Economic conditions > 1945-
- Katherine (NT Top End SD53-09)
- Barkly Tablelands (North NT SE53)
- Kimberley area (WA SD51, SD52, SE51, SE52)
- Cape York Peninsula (Qld SC54, SD54, SD55)
- Australia
- Nordaustralien
- Aborigines
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-138).
- Contents
- Introduction: visible and invisible? -- The northern Australian economy and the importance of public sector spending -- Aboriginal people and the pastoral industry -- Aboriginal people and the mining industry -- The mining industry and the 'national interest' -- The invisible people: Aboriginal people and regional development plans -- The invisible people: Aboriginal people and the northern Australian economic development strategy -- Aboriginal people and the 'social justice strategy' for northern Australia -- Taxpayers' dollars: don't Aboriginal people pay tax? -- The Mabo High Court case: how much is Australia worth? -- Where do the 'taxpayers' dollars' come from? Commonwealth funding of the Northern territory Government -- Aboriginal people and local government -- ATSIC regional planning or regional government? -- Some financial aspects of the use of Aboriginal land -- Don't Aboriginal people want to work? national park management arrangements.
- ISBN
- 0731515013
- 9780731515011
- LCCN
- 93174108
- OCLC
- ocm29638922
- 29638922
- SCSB-2039307
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library