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Record Nr.

UNINA9910142124403321

Autore

Scambary Benedict

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

©2013

ISBN

1-922144-73-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (292 p.)

Collana

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

Disciplina

338.20

Soggetti

Aboriginal Australians - Mines and mining - Australia

Aboriginal Australians - Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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