‘LIVIN’ THE DJ WAY’: Aboriginal housing and health in Dajarra

The thesis Livin’ The DJ Way: Aboriginal housing and health in Dajarra investigates how
Aboriginal housing could be more culturally responsive. The research primarily aimed to investigate the relationships between the housing and health experiences of Aboriginal people in the western Queensland town of Dajarra. By tracing the history of government housing policy the study identified how housing has affected the health of Aboriginal people in Dajarra and explored the differences and similarities between Aboriginal and Western worldviews. The research further identified health stressors experienced by the Dajarra people in their houses, day-to-day lives and environment, and documented examples of how they adapted their living practices inside and outside the houses.

James Cook University Outdoor Learning Centre

The Indigenous Outdoor Learning Centre (OLC) at JCU’s Douglas Campus is a built project completed in 2014. It’s an educational space designed with an outdoor teaching environment that promotes two way learning of different cultures. The project was built using sustainable practices and Indigenous knowledge.

Garma Cultural Knowledge Centre

The Garma Cultural Knowledge Centre is a significant cultural centre. Completed in 2014, the built project operates as an adult learning centre, meeting place and a place to protect and showcase cultural artefacts. It is also the site where Yolgnu Elders practice and preserve culture through the Garma Festival. The permanent construction of the centre was intended to enable further activities at the site.

Are We Asking the Right Questions? Why We Should Have a Decolonzing Discourse Based on Conscientization Rather Than Indigenizing the Curriculum

The paper, Are We Asking the Right Questions? Why We Should Have a Decolonizing Discourse Based on Conscientization Rather Than Indigenizing the Curriculum, discusses the call to Indigenise academy or curriculum and implicitly include Indigenous content by Indigenous peoples, questioning if the approach is enough in the context of colonised spaces, offering a pedagogical approach of decolonization based on conscientization.

Kununurra Courthouse

Kununurra Courthouse is a civic building. The Courthouse was built in response to the historical alienation of Aboriginal people from community and place within courtrooms. The building responds to the different needs of the Indigenous community. The narrative of the structure engages with local Aboriginal culture and responds to landscape and Country.

Walumba Elders Centre

Walumba Elders Centre is a disaster relief response-built project. The Elders Centre provides private accommodation and multiple levels of care to residents as well as public community and cultural spaces.