The books, journal articles and other literature listed below have been identified by the working party as key resources in assisting academics to embed the Faculty of Health’s Indigenous Graduate Attribute, particularly with regard to resilience, survival and thriving.
Resilience, survival and thriving
Artwork by Lucy Simpson, Gaawaa Miyay Designs, gaawaamiyay.co.
Books
Parbury, N. & Lamberton, K. 2005, Survival : a history of Aboriginal life in New South Wales, NSW Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs, Surry Hills, NSW.
Trudgen, R.I. 2000, Why warriors lie down and die : towards an understanding of why the Aboriginal people of Arnhem Land face the greatest crisis in health and education since European contact : djambatj mala, Aboriginal Resource & Development Services, Darwin.
Lennon, J. 2011, I’m the one that know this country!, 2nd edn.
Rose, D.B. 1991, Hidden histories : black stories from Victoria River Downs, Humbert River and Wave Hill Stations, Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra.
Peer reviewed articles
Brown, C. 2010, ‘What’s In It For Me? My Story of Becoming a Facilitator of an Aboriginal Empowerment Program’, Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 34, no. 5, pp. 12-15.
Brown, C. 2011, ‘My Role as an Aboriginal Family Wellbeing Facilitator’, Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 24-28.
Jelfs, P.L. 2011, ‘Indigenous participation in the Australian Health Survey: a response’, Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 194, no. 10, p. 511.
Malié, S. & Robertson, L. 2011, ‘Planting a Seed and Watching it Blossom – Koori Community Kitchen Making a Difference’, Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 35, no. 6, pp. 4-7.
Rigby, W., Duffy, E., Manners, J., Latham, H., Lyons, L., Crawford, L. & Eldridge, R. 2010, ‘Closing the Gap: cultural safety in Indigenous health education’, Contemporary Nurse, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 21-30.
Simpson, L., Zubrzycki, J., Reid, I. & Jones, V. 2011, ‘A Good Way of Doing Business! Working Together to Achieve Improved Outcomes for Aboriginal People in NSW Cancer Services’, Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 12-15.
West, R., West, L., West, K. & Usher, K. 2010, ‘Tjirtamai–‘to care for’: a nursing education model designed to increase the number of Aboriginal nurses in a rural and remote Queensland community’, Contemporary Nurse, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 39-48.
Weston, A. 2011, ‘Development of an Online Yarning Place for Indigenous Health Workers’, Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 35, no. 5, pp. 5-16.
Useful weblinks
Australian Museum: Indigenous Australians: Australia’s First Peoples exhibition, viewed 21 June 2013
Grey literature
Our Healing Our Way: Newsletter of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation, September 2013.
AV resources
Kevin Rudd Apology Speech 13 Feb 2008.
Fredericks, B. 2013, Time for a Change in Direction, Big Ideas, ABC.
We live in a time of change. So what does this change mean for Indigenous people and how can they manage this? Professor Bronwyn Fredericks looks the role and the use of Indigenous knowledge in tertiary education and our broader society. What we could do drawing on the strength of Indigenous Knowledges as the driving force for change?
