Indigenous participation in Australian economies II : historical engagements and current enterprises / edited by Natasha Fijn [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fijn, Natasha, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aboriginal Australians--Economic conditions.

Aboriginal Australians.

Business enterprises, Aboriginal Australian.

Aboriginal Australians--Employment.

Australia--Economic conditions.

Australia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Canberra, Australia : ANU E Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The diverse themes in this volume include histories of economic relations, the role of camels and dingoes in Indigenous-settler relations, material culture and the economy, the economies of communities from missions and stations to fringe camps and towns, the transitions from payment-in-kind to wage economies, unpaid and stolen wages.

Contents:

Foreword - Jon Altman; Introduction - Ian Keen and Christopher Lloyd; 1. Settler Economies and Indigenous Encounters: The dialectics of conquest, hybridisation and production regimes - Christopher Lloyd; Indigenous People and Settlers; 2. Before the Mission Station:From first encounters to the incorporation of settlers into Indigenous relations of obligation - John M. White; 3. Tracking Wurnan: Transformations in the trade and exchange of resources in the northern Kimberley - Anthony Redmond; 4. Camels and the Transformation of Indigenous Economic Landscapes - Petronella Vaarzon-Morel

5. 'Always Anangu-always enterprising' - Alan O'ConnorLabour History and Stolen Wages; 6. 'The Art of Cutting Stone': Aboriginal convict labour in nineteenth-century New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land - Kristyn Harman; 7. Indigenous Workers on Methodist Missions in Arnhem Land: A skilled labour force lost - Gwenda Baker; 8. Low Wages, Low Rents, and Pension Cheques: The introduction of equal wages in the Kimberley, 1968-1969 - Fiona Skyring; 9. Aboriginal Workers, Aboriginal Poverty - Ros Kidd; 10. Indigenous Peoples and Stolen Wages in Victoria, 1869-1957 - Andrew Gunstone

Indigenous Enterprises and Employment Schemes11. Between Locals: Interpersonal histories and the 1970s Papunya art movement - Peter Thorley and Andy Greenslade; 12. An Economy of Shells: A brief history of La Perouse Aboriginal women's shell-work and its markets, 1880-2010 - Maria Nugent; 13. Policy Mismatch and Indigenous Art Centres: The tension between economic independence and community development - Gretchen Marie Stolte

14. On Generating Culturally Sustainable Enterprises and Demand-Responsive Services in Remote Aboriginal Settings: A case study from north-west Queensland - Paul Memmott15. Dugong Hunting as Changing Practice: Economic engagement and an Aboriginal ranger program on Mornington Island, southern Gulf of Carpentaria - Cameo Dalley; 16. Environmental Conservation and Indigenous Development through Indigenous Protected Areas and Payments for Environmental Services: A review - Nanni Concu; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 28, 2016).

ISBN:

9781921862847

192186284X

OCLC:

1066450119

Publisher Number:

10.26530/OAPEN_459870