My country, mine country : Indigenous people, mining and development contestation in remote Australia / Benedict Scambary.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scambary, Benedict, author.

Series:

Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR)

The Australian National University, Canberra. College of Arts and Social Sciences. Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research. Research monograph ; number 33

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aboriginal Australians--Mines and mining--Australia.

Aboriginal Australians.

Aboriginal Australians--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Canberra : Australian National University, E Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Within the context of three mining agreements in north Australia this study considers Indigenous livelihood aspirations and their intersection with sustainable development agendas.

Contents:

Indigenous policy, the mining industry, and Indigenous livelihoods : an introduction

'Government been mustering me ... ' : historical background

'They still mustering me' : the three agreements

The Ranger uranium mine : when opportunity becomes a cost

'We've got the richest trusts but the poorest people' : the Yandi Land Use Agreement

'Achieving white dreams whilst being black' : agency and ambivalence at Century mine.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 13, 2016).

ISBN:

9781922144737

1922144738

OCLC:

861324701

Publisher Number:

10.26530/OAPEN_459939