Over the last 130 years, patterns of land use in central Australia have altered dramatically, and so too fire regimes management objectives. Although Aboriginal people still tenure over large parts landscape, their lifestyles changed. Most now live towns settlements and, although is culturally important, opportunities for getting out on country to burn are constrained. Large landscape used pastoral production. Under this objective often one exclusion. The other large-scale conservation....

Feral camels have significant negative impacts on the environment and social/cultural values of Aboriginal people. These include damage to vegetation through feeding behaviour trampling; suppression recruitment in some plant species; wetlands fouling, trampling, sedimentation; competition with native animals for food, water shelter; sites such as waterholes, that cultural significance people; destruction bushfood resources; reduction people’s enjoyment natural areas; creation dangerous...

Many central Australian Aboriginal settlements have recently gained access to mobile phones and the Internet. This paper explores ways in which people engage with this technology outside of institutional settings. Drawing on long‐term research among Warlpiri, I reflect people's responses earlier communication media such as two‐way radio radio–telephone compare them patterns use emerging around new technologies. Attending social landscape surrounding uptake networking site ‘Divas Chat’,...

Since 1973, the Alice Springs-based communitycontrolled comprehensive primary health service, Central Australian Aboriginal Congress Inc. (CAAC), has pursued a broad agenda addressing social and needs of local population. This paper outlines national context reasons why central community decided to establish its own organisation address issues service provision. The policy influence will be considered in both historical contemporary context.

This paper reports on a survey of Aboriginal perceptions feral camels undertaken with people from 27 communities within the current camel range in central Australia. Research methods were qualitative, involving face-to-face semi-structured interviews. Views sought presence and impacts people’s attitudes towards management. In just over two-thirds surveyed, interviewees reported seeing camels. Many high density areas claimed that damage natural cultural resources (such as water places bush...

Summary Recently, the value of incorporating Indigenous ecological knowledge approaches in natural resource management has been increasingly recognised. In arid zone, Australia scientific interest tended to focus on native plants and animals customary ways looking after country that Aboriginal people have developed over thousands years engagement with their environment. Far less attention paid how perceptions introduced species inform land practices. This study argues it is important take...

This article considers how Indigenous peoples in Central Australia share and keep digital records of events cultural knowledge a period rapid technological change. To date, research has focused upon the development archives platforms that reflect epistemologies incorporation protocols governing access to information. Yet there is scant on individuals with little such media hold—or not, as case may be—digital After surveying current enabling infrastructures Australia, we examine materials are...

Feral camels have severe negative impacts on key environmental economic and social/cultural assets across a wide area in Australia their population is increasing. In this paper we utilised Multicriteria Evaluation (MCE) within Geographic Information System (GIS) to create decision tool for management. Six management methods which are currently used managing feral impacts: aerial culling, ground exclusion fencing, commercial extraction live export, pet meat, or human consumption, were...

Since 1973, the Alice Springs-based community-controlled comprehensive primary health service, Central Australian Aboriginal Congress Inc. (CAAC), has pursued a broad agenda addressing social and needs of local population. This paper outlines national context reasons why central community decided to establish its own organisation address issues service provision. The policy influence will be considered in both historical contemporary context.

Abstract In November 2019, members of Willowra community marched on the local police station in protest against shooting Kumunjayi Walker at Yuendumu. Expressing solidarity with family Yuendumu, individuals breached barbwire fence vacant compound. Unlike settlements such as which have had resident for decades, is 1 18 Northern Territory ‘Taskforce Themis’ stations set up a temporary measure during 2007 Intervention. Although presence recent and inconstant, Lander Warlpiri Anmatyerr people...

Abstract An indelible memory of visitors to Willowra Aboriginal community in Central Australia is the sound donkeys braying as they roam village search sustenance and are chased by barking dogs. While Warlpiri people view an integral part their sonic landscape, outsiders typically perceive animals a noisy, land‐management ‘pest’ want them removed. Recently, arrival stranger truck towing donkey trailer provoked concerned discussion. Talk intensified when, for few days, disappeared, silence...