Miscegenation and Intimacy

A review of Fiona Probyn-Rapsey, Made to Matter: White Fathers, Stolen Generations (Sydney University Press, 2013)

Free the blacks and smash the Act! : Aboriginal policy and resistance in Queensland between 1965 and 1975

This thesis focuses on both the State and Commonwealth Governments' involvement in Aboriginal affairs in Queensland from 1965 to 1975. It also examines the way in which the world anti-racism and decolonisation process was heavily influential not only upon the Australian Government's policy but also upon Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people's responses and methods of protest as well. Because Australia is a settler colony with an Aboriginal population estimated as only 1% between 1965 and 1975, this thesis observes how the United Nations remained particularly watchful over Australia. This occurred at a time when Australia was attempting to convince the international community that it was condemning racism and treating Aboriginal minority populations properly within a post-colonial climate of expectation. However, whatever label either Commonwealth or State Governments placed on newly formed Aboriginal policies, this thesis argues that they were merely more acceptable up-to-date methods of colonisation aimed predominantly at averting criticism. Given the overwhelming outcome of the 1967 referendum, the Commonwealth had to address Aboriginal affairs in Australian States, especially Queensland. Initially the Commonwealth provided much needed funding to the Queensland Government to provide health, education and housing on reserves. In the late 1960s, the Commonwealth had started to provide funding to the State Government for housing outside of reserves for Aboriginal families. By the early 1970s, the Commonwealth was funding Aboriginal community-based organisations direct (despite Queensland Government's objections), set up a national elected representative Aboriginal organisation, committed to remove discriminatory legislation from Australian statutes and introduced legislation to outlaw discrimination, attempted to address economic development and committed to the provision of Aboriginal land rights. Using mostly primary resources including speech notes, annual reports and cabinet submissions and other related papers and files from AIATSIS, National Australian and Queensland State archives, the State and Commonwealth Governments' tactics are examined. The examination of activism and resistance provides not only an overview of the workings of organisations in relation to challenging both the State and Commonwealth Governments, but more importantly, the use of the enhanced Australian public opinion together with the UN and international community as effective leverage at a time when the Australian Government was attempting to convince the world that it was committed to protecting the rights of Australia's Aboriginal peoples. The influx of vast numbers of Aboriginal people into Queensland towns and cities facilitated the politicisation of many and led to the emergence of more radical organisations like the Black Community Centre, Act Confrontation Committee, Black Panther Party, Aboriginal Legal Service and Black Community Housing Serves to name a few. Most of these organisations played a role notifying the world about the Queensland Government's tactics and embarrassed the Commonwealth. Aboriginal organisations used Australia's need to avert UN criticism as effective leverage in Queensland particularly between 1965 and 1975

Decolonising disability: Quandamooka weaving: DATASET

Transcripts of interviews and virtual yarning vinyettes with Quandamooka community regarding knoweldges and practices in relation to disability and caring

Miscegenation and Intimacy

A review of Fiona Probyn-Rapsey, Made to Matter: White Fathers, Stolen Generations (Sydney University Press, 2013)

Decolonising Disability: Quandamooka Weaving

This thesis explores the voice of Australia’s First Nation Quandamooka community of Moreton Bay, Queensland, in caring for one another, with a special focus on disability. First Nations peoples experience some of the poorest social, health and economic outcomes of any group in Australia and experience higher rates of disability than non-Indigenous Australians. Their experience of disability is compounded by institutional racism in the health care sector as well as the ongoing impact of colonisation. Whilst previous research has focused on vulnerabilities, there is little known of the strengths of First Nations communities in managing and negotiating disabilities, or the role of traditional knowledges and practices in this space and its contribution to sustainability and inclusion. This research project aims to capture and elevate the voices of the Quandamooka community with the intention of furthering the decolonisation of the disability sector. The project aims to add to the body of knowledge in a manner that is inclusive, culturally appropriate and culturally safe whilst also contributing to sustainability and inclusive practices across all sectors. The objectives of this research are: to gain a better understanding of Indigenous disability, including what traditional systems and practices that were used to care for community members and the current strengths of the community in negotiating and supporting community members with a disability; and to contribute to the improvement of services to First Nations peoples with disabilities. The research approach uses Indigenist Research methodologies based on Quandamooka ontology. Data was collected through a virtual yarning group (a Facebook group called Gana Barra Quandamooka), autoethnography and in-depth interviews in close partnership with Indigenous community leaders, specifically the Minjerribah Moorgumpin Elders in Council. Data was analysed using thematic analysis. Results suggest that disability is not considered as something separate from being of Quandamooka mob. It is accepted and included as part of life, and many are reluctant to highlight anyone’s differences. For Quandamooka mob, improving the circumstances of one member of the community is ineffective; we must all move forward together, taking into account the context in which that person lives. Community members have been clear that to support the most vulnerable, we need to be supported to reinstate our own cultural practices through the Elders in Council. These are the basic structures of our traditional societies through which we can yarn, plan and support one another for the future. Culture is accessible to all, viewed as a safety net for mob who may face barriers to accessing formal systems and services. It is also described as a source of positive emotions and well-being. The individualistic and separative structure of the NDIS does not fit with the way Quandamooka mob want to manage the needs of community members, disability or not, into the future. The benefits of access to supports through NDIS is noted, but it is viewed as a way to access support, not as support itself. NDIS is not seen as inherently good or bad, but a policy and approach to implementation with potential to change the landscape of disability supports, however, it remains difficult to access, particularly for people experiencing intersectional discrimination. Quandamooka mob are passionate about the importance of sovereignty in all aspects of life and this includes the disability sector. The support offered by culture has been impaired by ongoing colonisation and the capacity to practice culture is being severely impacted by the ongoing dominance of western worldviews; the priority remains sovereignty and access to culture and Country for Quandamooka mob with disability

Apakah perencanaan pendidikan itu

xv, 61 p.; 21 cm

Constuction accounting and financial management, 4th.ed/ Cooms

ix, 597 hal.: ill.; 23 cm

Constuction accounting and financial management, 4th.ed/ Cooms

ix, 597 hal.: ill.; 23 cm

Constuction accounting and financial management, 4th.ed/ Cooms

ix, 597 hal.: ill.; 23 cm