The REM Collaborative has undertaken a thorough review of resources held by the UTS Library and external repositories to produce a list of key resources, grouped under the eight learning areas. Core resources that cut across multiple learning areas can be found halfway down this page.

Indigenous artwork by Lucy Simpson

Artwork by Lucy Simpson, Gaawaa Miyay Designs, gaawaamiyay.co.

Insights into Indigenous culture

  1. Heterogeneity of Indigenous Australians
  2. Health, social and emotional wellbeing
  3. Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing
  4. Spirituality

Impacts of colonisation and racism

  1. Colonisation, racism and chronic disease
  2. Social Justice
  3. Transgenerational trauma

A shared future

  1. Resilience, survival and thriving

The working party has also identified some core resources which span more than one learning area. Teaching academics are strongly urged to review this literature as part of their work to embed the Faculty’s Indigenous Graduate Attribute.

  • The National Centre for Cultural Competence‘s (NCCC) Kinship online learning module. This important learning development tool contains eight videos which represent the key themes of the module. Further resources and teaching support is available, along with community narratives that explore some of the key issues and themes raised throughout the module in more detail.
  • The Menzies School of Health Research website has been designed to bolster and better illustrate the collaborative approach Menzies undertakes with communities, policy makers, health service providers and other researchers to improve outcomes in Aboriginal health and disadvantaged people across our region.
  • Dr Tom Calma AO and Ms Melinda Cilento, Respectful relationships lie at the heart of progress: Federal Election Statement 2013. Reconciliation Australia. 
  • Behrendt, L. 2012, Indigenous Australia for dummies, John Wiley & Sons, Richmond, Vic. 
  • Edith Cowan University 2013, Australian Indigenous HealthInfonet (website), Edith Cowan University, viewed 21 June 2013
  • Parbury, N. & Lamberton, K. 2005, Survival : a history of Aboriginal life in New South Wales, NSW Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs, Surry Hills, NSW. 
  • 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. 
  • 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. 
  • BabaKiueria – A satirical examination of black-white relations in Australia first screened on ABC TV in 1986 to widespread acclaim with both critics and audiences alike. 
  • First Australians produced for the SBS Network and available online.
  • Fredericks, B. 2013, Time for a Change in Direction, Big Ideas, ABC.
  • Australian Human Rights Commission Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Reports

HealthInfoNet

The Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet’s Bibliography is the most comprehensive, up-to-date reference library on Australian Indigenous health and now one of the largest with over 25,000 publications to access from the collection.

Rapid improvement in the collection of bibliographic information from internet sources has enabled the library-level search facility to collect a greater number of publications than was previously available. The online search facility of the Australian Indigenous HealthBibliography means users can instantly access the most comprehensive bibliography of literature relating specifically to Australian Indigenous health.

Publications include journal articles, reports, theses and ‘grey’ literature to assist users in work or study. Grey literature includes reports, conference papers and PHD theses which can also add to the knowledge base in gaining an accurate perspective and data on Australian Indigenous health. The bibliography is free to access. 

HealthBulletin

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We encourage you to share these comprehensive free resources with your students to assist them in their studies as they will have access to up to date, relevant, high quality information about Australian Indigenous health.