Aboriginal General Online Resources

GENERAL RESOURCES

A

• Davina B. Woods. 2004. Aborigines (a 2,000 words article). In: Carl Skutsch (Ed.), 2004. The Encyclopedia of World's Minorities. Independence, KY: Taylor & Francis/Routledge.
  www.routledge-ny.com/ref/minorities/aborigines.html
• Barlow, Alex; Hill, Marji., ed. 2000. "The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Australia's Aboriginal Peoples" (P.L. Duffy Resource Centre Trinity College, WA, Australia)
• Aboriginal Independent Community Schools (AICS, Australia)
  [About AICS; The Schools; Resources; News; Jobs; Stories; Showcase]
• About the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flags (ATSIC, Australia)
  [The Aboriginal flag (est. 1971) The Torres Strait Islander flag (est.?)]
• Former Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) website (ATSIC, Australia)
  [Archived contents of the former ATSIC site (www.atsic.gov.au): What's New; About ATSIC; Regional Information (35 regions); Policies/Programs; The Native Title Act; Cultural information on Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples; International Indigenous Issues; Media/Speeches/Publications; The ATSIC Library; How to Contact ATSIC]
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Library and Information Resource Network (ATSILIRN) (home.vicnet.net.au, Australia)
  [ATSILIRN has been involved in the development of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander protocols for libraries, archives and information services]
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Olympic participation (SOCOG, Australia)
  [About the participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the preparation and the staging of the Sydney 2000 Games]
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Corporation (Q.E.A) For Legal Services (ATSILS, Australia)
  [The QEA's primary focus is to ensure that indigenous Australians receive fair and equitable treatment within the criminal justice system and to act as an advocate on behalf of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.]
• Aboriginal Australia Pty Ltd (Kent Town, SA, Australia)
  [Site contents: Home; Shop (books, cd's and videos on Australian Aboriginal culture); Questions and Answers; Explore Australia; Areas of Interest; About Us. Aboriginal Australia Pty Ltd supports the empowerment of Aboriginal peoples and communities particularly in relation to ownership and control of their cultural heritage.]
• Aboriginal Health Au (www.medicineau.net.au, Australia)
  [Site contents: Culture Training Manual for Health Workers; Image Archive; Clinical Articles; Other Web Sites; Medicine Australia; Clinical Articles; Medline Access; Contact Us; ]
• Aboriginal Studies: a guide to library resources (Adelaide University., Australia)
  [Site contents: GENERAL RESOURCES (Archival resources, Bibliographies, Biographical sources, Chronology, Directories, Encyclopedias, Indexes & bibliographies, Other libraries, Parliamentary publications, Statistics, Theses, Web resources); RESOURCES BY GEOGRAPHIC REGION (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Torres Strait Islands, Victoria, Western Australia); RESOURCES BY SUBJECT (Art, Criminal justice, Culture, Customs, Deaths in custody, Demography, Economic issues, Education, Employment issues, Environmental issues, Family, Food & traditional medicine, Health issues, History, Kinship, Land title, Languages, Legal issues, Literature, Mabo, Media reportage, Medicine, Mortality, Mythology, Native title, Place names, Religion, Social issues, Stolen generation, Tourism, Tribal names & locations, Wik, Women)]
• Aboriginal Studies Archives (ANU, Australia)
  [An FTP site, a part of the Coombspapers collection, with AIATSIS data, economic policies research, anthropological and linguistic materials]
• Aboriginal Studies Association (ASA) (www.asa.nsw.edu.au/, Australia)
  [The Aboriginal Studies Association was formed in 1990, mainly by staff of the Aboriginal Unit of the NSW Department of School Education. Its original main purpose was to support the implementation of the 2 Unit HSC Aboriginal Studies. The Association produces Journals on an annual basis and holds seminars and study days.]
• Aboriginal Trail at the Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG, Australia)
  [Information about food & medicinal plants]
• Appropriate Terms for Australian Indigenous People (P.L. Duffy Resource Centre Trinity College, WA, Australia)
• Australian Indigenous People (P.L. Duffy Resource Centre Trinity College, WA, Australia)
• Australian Indigenous Culture (P.L. Duffy Resource Centre Trinity College, WA, Australia)
• Australian Indigenous Bush Foods (P.L. Duffy Resource Centre Trinity College, WA, Australia)
• Australian Indigenous Ceremonies and Rituals (P.L. Duffy Resource Centre Trinity College, WA, Australia)
• Australian Indigenous Weapons and Hunting (P.L. Duffy Resource Centre Trinity College, WA, Australia)
• Australian Indigenous Medicine (P.L. Duffy Resource Centre Trinity College, WA, Australia)
• Australian Indigenous Tools and Technology (P.L. Duffy Resource Centre Trinity College, WA, Australia)
• Australian Indigenous People: Law (P.L. Duffy Resource Centre Trinity College, WA, Australia)
• Australian Indigenous Society and the Environment (P.L. Duffy Resource Centre Trinity College, WA, Australia)
• AusAnthrop: anthropological resources and research (www.ausanthrop.net, Australia)
  [Resources on Aboriginal Australia, including on-line database of languages/nations/tribes, research on Western Desert with on-line bibliographic database, reviews, conference announcements, kinship tutorial, discussion forum etc. ]
• Australian Bureau of Statistics - Web Site Indigenous Statistics (ABS, Australia)
  [* Introduction; * Background; * Information Issues; * Population; * Education; * Employment; * Health; * Learning Activities; * Bibliography; * Further Reading. . Useful materials can also be found, using keywords 'indigenous', 'aboriginal', etc. from the ABS Search Engine]
• Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) (AIATSIS, Australia)
  [Official AIATSIS web site presents information about diverse specialist resources, including library and collections, publications, research work, and news & events]

  C

• Center for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) (ANU, Australia)
  [About the CAEPR and a central access point to abstracts of the Centre's discussion papers and briefs]
• Culture Training Manual for Medical Workers in Aboriginal Communities (www.medicineau.net.au, Australia)
  [A document by Gordon O'Brien & Daniel Plooij, School of Social Sciences, Flinders University, South Australia, 1973 Converted to hypertext 1995 by Dr Hugh Nelson]

  D

• Deaths in Custody Watch Committee (WA) Inc. (DICWC, Australia)
  [We are a broad-based community organisation reflecting both an Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal commitment to ensure the effective implementation of the 339 Recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths In Custody (RCIADIC).]
  * See also section "R" (for "Royal Commission") of this page
• Dhinawun Consultancy (Dhinawun Consultancy, Yamanto, QLD, Australia)
  ["Our focus is on educational support to schools and communities, particularly in the area of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education. We have been undertaking some Aboriginal language activities with several schools as well as the Kombumerri Aboriginal language corporation" - Des Crump]

  E

• Encyclopedia of Australia's Aboriginal People (MacquarieNet, Australia)
  [An online encyclopedia by Alex Barlow and Marji Hill, aimed at younger students. This 8-volume original encyclopedia is an alphabetical reference to assist young Australians to appreciate the historic and contemporary diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and lifestyles. The information can also be navigated via a series of central themes, which include Art and Craft, Language, Places, Sport, Prehistory, Food, Organisations and Law and Politics. Note: the resource requires user's registration.]

  I

• Indigenous Australian WWW Resource Directory (U.Sydney, Australia)
  [A collection of un-annotated links. Contents: Art, Artefacts & Culture; Community; Education; General; Government; Health; Justice & Law; Language; Libraries & Museums; Lists; Media & Multimedia; Music, Dance & Literature; Personal Pages; Research]
• The Information Facility for Indigenous Resources of Australia (IFIRA) (U.Sth Australia, Australia)
  [Contents: IFIRA Information Resources, Aboriginal Research Institute, Faculty of Aboriginal & Islander Studies-South Australia]

  K

• Kam Yan - Indigenous Australia Today (Australian Broadcasting Corp, Australia)
  ['Kam Yanis' a TV series about ordinary people from a diverse range of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. It's about people telling their own stories from their own perspective. Each of the 10 programs is devoted to one particular community]

  L

  ABORIGINAL LANGUAGES

• Aboriginal Languages of Australia WWW Virtual Library (www.dnathan.com, Australia)
  [A specialist WWW VL on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages maintained since 6 Jan 1996 by David Nathan. There are more than 200 Australian Indigenous languages, most of which have been destroyed or live only in the memories of the elderly; some of these languages are being revived by their communities. View resources by: Type (Categories, eg. language names, dictionaries, courses); Language (Language names, from Aboriginal English to Yukulta); State (Grouped by State: All states, NSW, NT, QLD, etc.) ]

  Readers are invited to register with the Aboriginal Languages of Australia Virtual Library all relevant networked resources.

  M

• Mabo Australia (www.mabo.com.au, Australia)
  [We started "MABO.com.au" so as people could go to one page and find information on a variety of Aboriginal issues. Our mission is to try to bring, all people, 'Indigenous' and 'non-Indigenous' alike, together." Site contents: Aboriginal help; Aboriginal art; Interesting Links; Aboriginal Education, Mixed Links, Chat Forum]
• Davina B. Woods. 2004. Mabo, Edward (Torres Strait Islander, Australia) (a 1,000 words article). In: Carl Skutsch (Ed.), 2004. The Encyclopedia of World's Minorities. Independence, KY: Taylor & Francis/Routledge.
  www.routledge-ny.com/ref/minorities/mabo.html
• Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia (MacquarieNet, Australia)
  [The printed as well as electronic book (i.e.: Arthur, Bill and Frances Morphy. 2005. Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia: culture and society through space and time. Sydney: The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd.) is an exciting new title for older students. It examines a vast range of topics relating to Indigenous Australia and is illustrated throughout with maps and photographs. Chapter topics look at Australian prehistory, indigenous languages, land ownership, the colonial period, placenames, and reconciliation and modern politics - "probably the most important reference book to be published in Australia in 2005, if not this decade". Note: the resource requires user's registration.]
• Monitoring Perth Media (MPM) - Aboriginal Issues (www.mpm.com.au, Australia)
  [Monitoring service covering National Australian and Western Australian (local) radio and TV stations]
• Mura Gadi - 'Pathways for Searching'. (NLA, Australia)
  [The guide to manuscript, pictorial and oral history sources relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the National Library of Australia special collections. The name, contributed by Ngunnawal elder Matilda House, means 'pathways for searching' in the language of the Ngunnawal people, the original inhabitants of the region where the Library is located. The indexed materials, which document aspects of Australian Indigenous history and culture, date from the eighteenth century through to the present day. At present Mura Gadi contains records for more than 100 manuscript collections, 300 oral history recordings, and 1000 pictures, both by and about Aborigines and Torres Strait Islander peoples.]

  N

• National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Website (NATSIEW) (www.natsiew.nexus.edu.au, Australia)
  [A site (launched 7 Sep 1998) for the wide dissemination of culturally appropriate interactive Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education materials for children, students, teachers and education workers and all those interested in Aboriginal Education.]
• National Library of Australia Staff Presentations & Papers - Indigenous Culture (NLA, Australia)
  [Papers which have been recently published and/or presented by National Library staff at public forums]
• For the Native Title information and Wik Decision materials see Australian Native Title section of this WWW Virtual Library

  Q

• Queensland Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Education Support Centre (Education Queensland, Australia)
  [Sharing effective learning and teaching strategies for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education; and networking information to school communities within Qld., Australia and the global Indigenous education community.]

  R

• For information on Reconcilliation and related issues see Intercultural Relationships section of this WWW Virtual Library
• Roundtable on Libraries and Archives Collections and Services of Relevance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (NLA, Australia)
  [Papers from the Roundtable which was held at the State Library of South Australia (Adelaide) in May 1995]
• Royal Commission Into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (RCIADIC) Research Register (AIATSIS, Australia)
  [This database is continually being updated. It contains information about research projects, their topics, recommendations addressed, documents produced, availability of documents, and the names of contact persons.]
  * See also section "D" (for "Deaths in Custody") of this page

  S

• For information on Stolen Generation and related issues see Intercultural Relationships section of this WWW Virtual Library

  V

• Vicnet Directory - Aboriginal (www.vicnet.net.au, Australia)
  [In Sep 2005 this category of the Vicnet Directory contained 36 links]

JOURNALS, NEWSLETTERS AND MAILING LISTS

• Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues (www.qut.edu.au, Australia)
  [Journal est. in Apr 1998. Site contents: Overview; Editor; How to contact the Journal; Current Issue [only TOC]; Previous Issues [only TOCs]; Editorial Board; Subscription Information; Media Releases; Instructions to Contributors; Links]
• Aboriginal Australia Newsletter (www.aboriginalaustralia.com.au, Australia)
  [An e-newsletter established in Jun 1999. It provides short news about aboriginal art, books and culture. it is also available as an email edition. To subscribe to the newsletter, send an email to news@aboriginalaustralia.com.au with 'subscribe newsletter' in the subject line]

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