Australian Projects 2005
Collaboration between CRAMS and Nalingu Aboriginal Organisation continues to support Professor Eckermann's ARC grant Aboriginal Children's Adaptation to School: Case Studies from SW Queensland. It has also ensured the continued employment of an Indigenous researcher and the recent research consultancy into the Gunggari Native Title Claim.
Extensive ties with nine Aboriginal communities in the Northern Tablelands and negotiations with the Northern Tablelands Aboriginal Elders Sovereign Authority has been created by conducting a series of four two day workshops with Aboriginal Community development officers (April to August). These ties will support either an ARC Linkage or NHMRC grant application.
Collaboration between the Central Aboriginal Congress and a member of CRAMS has resulted in a review of the relationship between education and health in Indigenous communities.
CRAMS supported Visiting Fellow, Jack Beetson in a two day workshop (26th-29th April 2005). Themes of the workshop included
- International best practice approaches to the ethics of undertaking research with Aboriginal Communities
- Research and policy issues for NSW Aboriginal people in relation to the management of water resource
Additionally, the Centre is supporting research on literacy development among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal rural children at Tabulum through collaboration with Ngallingnee Jarum Aboriginal Community Pre-School.
The Centre has included early career researchers in external grant applications eg Parmenter, Cruickshank and Makuwira and provided support for the UNE Indigenous Research Discussion Group, which brings both experienced and new researchers together in the field of Indigenous research.
Further details can be found in the CRAMS Annual Report.