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Mimi spirits in the Anbangbang gallery at Nourlangie, Kakadu National Park

First Nations Hospitality & Tourism

Torrens University Australia acknowledges the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first inhabitants of the nation and the traditional custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work. 

Torrens University Australia respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present.


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Here you can access helpful searches where we've completed some of the first steps to get you started.


Featured database

Informit Indigenous Collection includes expert-curated research from sectors such as business, health, law, engineering, humanities and science.


Key Journals & Newspapers:

Koori Mail newspaper archive

ABC Indigenous News

Australian Aboriginal Studies - Journal of The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies and is published twice yearly by Aboriginal Studies Press. Each issue contains three or four scholarly articles, accompanied by Research Reports, Book Reviews and News and Information.

Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues - is a peer reviewed academic journal publishing articles in all fields of Australian Indigenous Studies.

SBS NITV channel - News, entertainment & current affairs on issues affecting Indigenous Australians.


 

Some of the key ebooks available

Websites

 


Government

  • Indigenous Business Australia - IBA was created to assist and enhance the economic development opportunities of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across Australia.
  • National Indigenous Australians Agency - government agency that leads and influences change across government to ensure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have a say in the decisions that affect them. 
  • AIATSIS -  maintains a collection of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural and historical resources. Also provides cultural education resources for teaching, family history resources and research ethics approval.
  •   Australian Government. Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations - 
  • ORIC is an independent statutory authority that supports and regulates First Nations businesses that are incorporated under the CATSI Act.

  •  Aboriginal Social justice arm of the AHRC provides research & reports on social justice, First Nations rights and Closing the Gap.

  • ORIC - Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations

 

 

Reports & Articles

Topics include: Entrepreneurship, Sustainability, Economic development, Government targets.

Australia's First Nations business sector expected to boom | ABC News (2023, Jan 17)

 


Statistical Resources

 


 

Cultural Safety 

Cultural safety involves creating an environment where First Nations people feel respected and empowered  to make decisions for themselves. In a culturally safe workplace or learning space, shared experiences are valued, and racism and unconscious bias are actively confronted and addressed.

The following resources provide advice and information on establishing a culturally safe environment for First Nations People. 


 

New titles

Remembered by heart

Morgan, S. (2014).

 

Teaching Aboriginal Cultural Competence : Authentic Approaches

Hill, B., Harris, J., & Bacchus, R. (Eds.). (2020).

Routledge Handbook of Indigenous Wellbeing

Fleming, C., & Manning, M. (Eds.). (2019). 

Aboriginal Fields of Practice

Prehn, J., Krakouer, J., Fernando, T., Phelan, P., Russ-Smith, J., & Wheeler, A. (2021)

Indigenous Knowledges

Tarquam McKenna; Donna Moodie ; Pat Onesta (2021)

Original Australians

Josephine Flood (2019)

First Knowledges Country : Future Fire, Future Farming

Bruce Pascoe, Bill Gammage, and Margo Neale (2021)

Dark Emu

Bruce Pascoe (2015)

First Knowledges Innovation : Knowledge and Ingenuity

Ian J. McNiven & Lynette Russell (2023)

First Knowledges Law

 Marcia Langton & Aaron Corn (2023)

Torrens Reconciliation Action Plan

Torrens University First Nations guide and Reconciliation Action Plan