Author: David Cousins Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1000248321 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 167
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In 1973, Peter Rogers concluded that 'Australia has not done itself justice in the handling of modern industry versus Aborigines conflict. the lack of preparation. is a disgrace to government, private organisations and unions alike'. What has happened since then? Aboriginals and the mining industry reviews three main questions - to what extent have Aboriginals shared in the fruits of the mining boom? Have new land rights helped Aboriginals protect their interests as affected by mining? And what has been the contribution of mining to the economic development of remote Aboriginal communities? These are vital questions for all concerned with the impact of mining expansion on Aboriginal communities. This book reviews the participation of Aborigines in the mining company employment. It examines the contribution of the recent land rights legislation to protecting Aboriginal interests. And it asks how far the growth of mining in remote parts of Australia has aided the economic development of Aboriginal groups living there. Detailed case studies of mining projects included.
Author: John Taylor Publisher: ANU E Press ISBN: 1920942548 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 184
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The largest escalation of mining activity in Australian history is currently underway in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Pilbara-based transnational resource companies recognise that major social and economic impacts on Indigenous communities in the region are to be expected and that sound relations with these communities and the pursuit of sustainable regional economies involving greater Indigenous participation provide the necessary foundations for a social licence to operate. This study examines the dynamics of demand for Indigenous labour in the region, and the capacity of local supply to respond. A special feature of this study is the inclusion of qualitative data reporting the views of local Indigenous people on the social and economic predicaments that face them.
Author: Benedict Scambary Publisher: ANU E Press ISBN: 1922144738 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 292
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Agreements between the mining industry and Indigenous people are not creating sustainable economic futures for Indigenous people, and this demands consideration of alternate forms of economic engagement in order to realise such futures. Within the context of three mining agreements in north Australia this study considers Indigenous livelihood aspirations and their intersection with sustainable development agendas. The three agreements are the Yandi Land Use Agreement in the Central Pilbara in Western Australia, the Ranger Uranium Mine Agreement in the Kakadu region of the Northern Territory, and the Gulf Communities Agreement in relation to the Century zinc mine in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria in Queensland. Recent shifts in Indigenous policy in Australia seek to de-emphasise the cultural behaviour or imperatives of Indigenous people in undertaking economic action, in favour of a mainstream conventional approach to economic development. Concepts of value, identity, and community are key elements in the tension between culture and economics that exists in the Indigenous policy environment. Whilst significant diversity exists within the Indigenous polity, Indigenous aspirations for the future typically emphasise a desire for alternate forms of economic engagement that combine elements of the mainstream economy with the maintenance and enhancement of Indigenous institutions and livelihood activities. Such aspirations reflect ongoing and dynamic responses to modernity, and typically concern the interrelated issues of access to and management of country, the maintenance of Indigenous institutions associated with family and kin, access to resources such as cash and vehicles, the establishment of robust representative organisations, and are integrally linked to the derivation of both symbolic and economic value of livelihood pursuits.
Author: John Connell Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 228
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Collection of papers reviewing the relations between Indigenous peoples and the mining industry; examples from Australia, New Guinea, Fiji, Sulewisi, New Zealand; papers by Richard Howitt, Michael Dillon and Robert Levitus annotated separately.
Author: Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0192894560 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 353
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Indigenous peoples have occupied their territories for thousands of years, territories that are increasingly being mined by an industry applying the most modern extractive, marketing, and transport technologies on a scale that can be difficult to comprehend. Mining reshapes landscapes, literally moving mountains and diverting rivers; the Indigenous owners of these landscapes often believe them to have been originally shaped by ancestor beings who still reside at mining locations. This book seeks to understand the political, social, economic, and cultural dynamic that is created by the relentless expansion of mining into Indigenous territories. Contributing to such an understanding involves a task of global significance: Indigenous peoples embody a large part of the world's linguistic and cultural diversity; their lands cover an estimated 25 per cent of the world's land surface, intersect with about 40 per cent of all ecologically intact landscapes, and contain a large proportion of the world's mineral resources. Must interaction between Indigenous peoples and mining involve the destruction of Indigenous peoples, territories, and cultures? Can the remarkable resilience that has allowed Indigenous peoples to survive for millennia enable them not only to survive, but to capitalize on the development opportunities offered by mining? What role are governments, international organizations, and civil society playing in shaping relations between mining and Indigenous peoples? Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh addresses these and other questions by drawing on his own 30 years of experience working with Indigenous communities as they deal with mining projects, and on the experiences of Indigenous peoples in some 15 countries from different regions of the globe.
Author: Fred Cahir Publisher: Aboriginal History Monographs ISBN: 9781921862953 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 0
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This detailed examination of Aboriginal people on the goldfields of Victoria provides striking evidence which demonstrates that Aboriginal people participated in gold mining and interacted with non-Aboriginal people in a range of hitherto neglected ways.
Author: Peter Hugh Rogers Publisher: Sydney : Angus & Robertson ISBN: Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 192
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History of government policy toward mines and mining; legislation concerning ownership/royalties and Aboriginal interests; Aborigines in the industry (employment, conditions, services) illustrated by 4 examples; Warburton Ranges, Weipa, Gove (Nhulunbuy), Groote Eylandt; general account of Aboriginal employment and attitudes of employers and employees.
Author: Marcia Langton Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 0415518210 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 422
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The unifying experiences of the indigenous and local people, are the social and economic disadvantage experienced by indigenous peoples and local communities, surrounded by wealth-producing projects. Chapters on Australian Aboriginals, chapters on Timor Leste. Aust & NZ content. Langton is at the University of Melbourne.
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