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 Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing.

Indigenous artwork by Lucy Simpson

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

Books

Behrendt, L. 2012, Indigenous Australia for dummies, John Wiley & Sons, Richmond, Vic. 

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. 

Pryor, B. 2010, Maybe tomorrow, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, NSW.  

Rose, D.B. 1996, Nourishing terrains : Australian aboriginal views of landscape and wilderness, Australian Heritage Commission.

Rose, D.B. 2004, Reports from a wild country: ethics for decolonisation, University of New South Wales Press, Sydney.  

Watson, H. & Wade-Chambers, D. 1989, ‘Singing the land, signing the land : a portfolio of exhibits’ 

Yunupingu, G. 1997, Our land is our life : land rights past present and future University of Queensland Press, Brisbane.

Peer reviewed articles

Baunach, E., Lines, D., Pedwell, B., Lange, F., Cooney, R. & Taylor, H.R. 2012, ‘The Development of Culturally Safe and Relevant Health Promotion Resources for Effective Trachoma Elimination in Remote Aboriginal Communities’, Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 9-16.  

Blackman, R. 2010, ‘Understanding culture in practice: reflections of an Australian Indigenous nurse’, Contemporary Nurse, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 31-34. 

Downing, R. & Kowal, E. 2010, ‘Putting Indigenous cultural training into nursing practice’, Contemporary Nurse, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 10-20.  

Garvey, G., Cunningham, J., Valery, P.C., Condon, J., Roder, D., Bailie, R., Martin, J. & Olver, I. 2011, ‘Reducing the burden of cancer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: time for a coordinated, collaborative, priority-driven, Indigenous-led research program’, Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 194, no. 10,pp. 530-531.  

Reid, J.B. & Taylor, K. 2011, ‘Indigenous Mind: A Framework for Culturally Safe Indigenous Health Research and Practice’, Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 4-6.

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. 

Toombs, M. 2012, ‘Ethical Research for Indigenous People by Indigenous Researchers’, Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 24-26. 

Useful weblinks

Australian Museum: Indigenous Australians: Australia’s First Peoples exhibition.

AV resources

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?

First Australians TV series produced for the SBS Network and available online.

Gary Foley: ‘Educate YOURSELF, then educate the people’.