Susan Gelade and Tom Stehlik examine the impact of urban, regional, and remote location on Indigenous vocational education and training (VET) students' aspirations and outcomes. They finds the availability of desired courses, teaching staff, and community attitudes to learning in the various locations influence the successful outcomes of Indigenous students. However, successful outcomes other than...

Indigenous Australian children begin school with similar levels of literacy and numeracy to their non-Indigenous classmates but fall behind as they move through the early years, according to this report by Tracey Frigo, Matthew Corrigan, Isabelle Adams, Paul Hughes, Maria Stephens and Davina Woods. The study identifies initial achievement, attendance, attentiveness in class, language background...

This paper traces the development of the first private company set up by Aboriginal people in Western Australia. It aims to draw out structural elements of early organisations that can shed light on contemporary Indigenous organisations set up to harness economic and social development from major mines in the Pilbara region. The paper raises questions...

Significant work is being undertaken to develop the capacity of Indigenous communities to govern their own services and adult literacy is clearly seen as a major factor in the participation of Indigenous people in community development and the capacity building processes. Yet little research on adult literacy practices and competence in remote Indigenous communities has...

This report outlines efforts by Kaanju families to develop a comprehensive framework for the management of traditional lands and their associated resources on Kaanju homelands. Based at the Chuula homeland camp on the upper Wenlock River in central Cape York, Kaanju people are attempting to move beyond involvement as mere partners or stakeholders in land...