Welcome to the
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

Continue

AIATSIS acknowledges all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Traditional Custodians of Country and recognises their continuing connection to land, sea, culture and community. We pay our respects to Elders past and present.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this website may contain images, voices and names of deceased persons.

Guides and resources

111 - 120 of 159 results.

Search

Book

Reading Doctors' Writing: Race, politics and power in Indigenous health research 1870–1969

David Piers Thomas

This history of Indigenous health research fuels the suspicion felt by Indigenous people today about researchers, and research. Reading Doctors’ Writing invites those involved in Indigenous health research to confront rather than evade the history
Book

Very Big Journey: My life as I remember it

Hilda Jarman Muir

Hilda Muir was born on the very frontier of modern Australia, near the outback town of Borroloola in the Northern Territory in about 1920. Very Big Journey tells of Hilda’s bush childhood, and her forced removal from a loving family to the rigours of
Book

Dhuuluu-Yala: To talk straight

Anita M. Heiss

Dhuuluu-Yala is a Wiradjuri phrase meaning ‘to talk straight’ and this book is straight talk about publishing Indigenous literature in Australia. It also includes broader issues that writers need to consider: engaging with readers and reviewers. The
Book

Treaty! Let's get it right

AIATSIS Collections

This collection of essays was commissioned by ATSIC and AIATSIS to stimulate discussion and debate about a treaty.
Book

Paddy's Road: Life stories of Patrick Dodson

Kevin James Keeffe

While Patrick Dodson's bearded image is well known, the remarkable history of this outstanding Aboriginal leader has never before been told. In Paddy's Road, Kevin Keeffe brings us stories of Dodson's life woven from interviews, government archives
Book

Something Special: The inside story of the Katherine West Health Board

Katherine West Health Board

Something Special tells the story of a unique and successful ‘experiment’ in which the delivery of health services in the Katherine region in the Northern Territory were ‘handed over’ to ‘a group of grassroots-oriented Aboriginal people’.
Book

Indigenous Peoples and Governance Structures: A comparative analysis of land and resource rights

Garth Nettheim, Gary Meyers, Donna Craig

This book examines the policies and practices of Canada, the United States, Greenland, Denmark, Norway, New Zealand and Australia concerning governance on Aboriginal land including emerging systems for the management of native title areas, and the
Book

Aboriginal Suicide is Different: A portrait of life and self-destruction

Colin Tatz

Aboriginal Suicide is Different is a study of youth who have, or feel they have, no purpose in life — or who may be seeking freedom in death. It is a portrait of life, and of self-destruction, by young Australian Aboriginal men and women.
Monograph

A guide to Australian legislation relevant to native title: Volume One (NSW, VIC, QLD, SA)

AIATSIS Research

Native title is now part of the patchwork of legislation concerning land and Indigenous peoples’ rights over land. Volume One of this guide gives an overview of the broad array of relevant legislation, from Acts and Regulations specific to land
Monograph

A guide to Australian legislation relevant to native title: Volume Two (WA, Tas., ACT, NT and Commonwealth)

AIATSIS Research

Native title is now part of the patchwork of legislation concerning land and Indigenous peoples’ rights over land. Volume Two of this guide gives an overview of the broad array of relevant legislation, from Acts and Regulations specific to land
Last updated: 09 October 2020