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Record Nr.

UNINA9910765816603321

Titolo

Power, culture, economy : indigenous Australians and mining / / Jon Altman and David Martin (editors)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Acton, A.C.T. : , : ANU E Press, , 2009

ISBN

9781921536878

9781921536861

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (243 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

AltmanJon C. <1954->

MartinDavid (David Fernandes)

Disciplina

305.89915

Soggetti

Aboriginal Australians - Economic conditions

Aboriginal Australians - Social conditions

Mineral industries - Australia

Mineral industries - Environmental aspects - Australia

Mineral industries - Social aspects - Australia

Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography

Economics

Mineral industries

Mineral industries - Environmental aspects

Mineral industries - Social aspects

Australia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

"Research over the past decade in health, employment, life expectancy, child mortality, and household income has confirmed that Indigenous Australians are still Australia's most disadvantaged group. Those residing in communities in regional and remote Australia are further disadvantaged because of the limited formal economic opportunities there. In these areas mining developments may be the major--and sometimes the only--contributors to regional economic development. However Indigenous communities have gained only relatively limited long-term economic development benefits from mining activity on land



that they own or over which they have property rights of varying significance. Furthermore, while Indigenous people may place high value on realising particular non-economic benefits from mining agreements, there may be only limited capacity to deliver such benefits. This collection of papers focuses on three large, ongoing mining operations in Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory under two statutory regimes--the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 and the Native Title Act 1993. The authors outline the institutional basis to greater industry involvement while describing and analysing the best practice principles that can be utilised both by companies and Indigenous community organisations"--Publisher's description.