Tiwi Islands
Report
Understanding the role of law and culture in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in responding to and preventing family violence
This is an exploratory study that has aimed to bring to light some perspectives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples from the Kimberley, Pilbara, Tiwi Islands, Mornington Peninsula and Darwin on family violence, with an emphasis on the positive role law and culture plays...
Report
Integrating art production and economic development in North West NT and the Tiwi Islands
This Report presents the results of a study that forms one component of a major National Survey of Remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Artists. This Report relates to the implementation of the National Survey in Region 3: The North-West region of the Northern Territory...
Strategy
Tiwi Islands fire management plan 2019
Tiwi Islands Fire Management Plan has been put together byTiwi Land Council, incorporating weed management and wet season fire management.
Working paper
Stories from community: how suicide rates fell in two Indigenous communities
This is the story of suicide prevention in two remote Indigenous communities - Tiwi Islands (Northern Territory) and Yarrabah (Queensland), told by the communities themselves. It is a story of community empowerment in each place and as such supports the existing work of the Aboriginal...
Journal article
Transformation of mortality in a remote Australian Aboriginal community: a retrospective observational study
This article outlines trends in ages and causes of death in a remote-living Australian Aboriginal group over a fifty-year period.
Report
Forestry and mining operations on the Tiwi Islands
This report provides an assessment of the environmental, economic and community impacts of existing and proposed forestry and mining operations on the Tiwi Islands, and reviews governance arrangements relating to existing operations.
Report
Ngaripirliga'ajirri: an early intervention program on the Tiwi Islands
High rates of suicide, domestic violence and substance abuse on the Tiwi islands are a significant cause of problem behaviours amongst children. Parenting styles also differ from mainstream society, because traditional Aboriginal families are very much extended families, and parents just one point in a...
Journal article
Aboriginal health workers and diabetes care in remote community health centres: a mixed method analysis
This article investigates the impact of employing Aboriginal health workers on the delivery of diabetes care in remote community health centres.