Tweed Shire Council Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Management Plan
This written document is the Tweed Shire Council Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Management Plan. It includes an acknowledgement of Traditional Custodians and a Statement of Commitment to people, culture and Country. The document also includes a breakdown of the Aboriginal Heritage Management aims, plans, recommendations and community consultation.
National Indigenous Infrastructure Guide
The National Indigenous Infrastructure Guide is a written document from the Australian Government Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. The Guide was written to assist people who are working with infrastructure in Indigenous communities. It provides an integrated framework for understanding major infrastructure provision issues for remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Native to the Nation: Disciplining Landscapes and Bodies in Australia
Focusing on Australia, this book examines the physical and narrative spatial practices by which people reclaim territory in the wake of postcolonial claims to land by Indigenous people and new immigration. Native to the Nation provides a multisited ethnography of two communities in Melbourne allowing us to see how bodies are managed and nations physically constructed in everyday confrontations and cultivations.
National Indigenous Housing Guide
The National Indigenous Housing Guide is a written document from the Australian Government Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. It is a resource for everybody involved in providing housing to Indigenous people. It is a guide for improving the living environment, health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. It provides practical information to assist in the design, construction and maintenance of housing.
Lowes Creek Maryland Structure Plan
Lowes Creek Maryland is a new precinct planned for Sydney’s South West Growth Area. The Department of Planning and Environment, in collaboration with Camden Council, prepared the precinct plan for Lowes Creek Maryland, a guide for the precinct’s creation. It provides significant Aboriginal Cultural heritage and European heritage protections and outlines infrastructure for future communities to thrive.
Indigenous Settlements of Australia
This paper provides a national overview of the parallel settlement system which exists across Indigenous Australia. Its aim is to provide a context for the physical planning of Indigenous settlements, one that is cognisant of the range of culturally distinct factors that contribute to the unique character of such settlements. The methodology includes an analysis of census data and a review of existing literature with support from examples.
Gurra Gurra Framework 2020-2026
The Gurra Gurra Framework 2020–2026 is designed to help The Department of Environment and Science (DES) work in genuine partnership with Queensland’s First Nations people to achieve stronger outcomes for Country and people. It is a framework that has been developed with input from across the department and co-designed with external First Nations leaders in Queensland, to identify and formalise the structure required for change. It works to continue connection to culture and place through better governance and management of Country.
Closing the gap: 10 Years of Housing for Health in NSW: An evaluation of a healthy housing intervention
This report is a detailed study using geo-coded hospital separations data undertaken to identify if there have been any health benefits for the residents of the houses that have received the repair and maintenance program in Aboriginal community housing across NSW the past 10 years. The program has been noted to consistently identify improvements in house function for each project, increasing the ability of the householders to practice healthy living.
Aboriginal Cultural Competency Standards: Self-assessment process for community housing providers
This document was produced by Origin Communications Australia and published in 2016. It was developed for the Community Housing sector, the NSW Federation of Housing Associations and the NSW Department of Family and Community Services as part of the Community Housing for Aboriginal People Strategy. It outlines the Self-Assessment Process for Community Housing Providers to follow regarding Aboriginal Cultural Literacy Standards.
Aboriginal Plant Use in south-eastern Australia
Aboriginal Plant Use in south-eastern Australia is a resource created by the The Australian National Botanic Gardens and the Australian Government to be utilised as an educational information resource for teachers and students. It outlines plants used by Aboriginal peoples of south-eastern Australia including their name, habitat, description and how they were used.