Indigenous issues

Finding Journal Articles

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e.g., aborigines native title

This quicksearch option searches across a number of journal databases.
It is useful for conducting an introductory search on a topic.
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Quicksearch will often retrieve a large number of hits. If you need to conduct a more sophisticated search, try searching one or more of the individual databases listed below :

Informit databases - Indigenous collection
Collection of fourteen databases with Indigenous content that can be searched concurrently. Includes:

Australian Heritage Bibliography - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Subset (AHB-ATSIS) 1987 - present
Indigenous Studies Bibliography (AIATSIS) 1990 - present
Indigenous Australia 1968 - 1999
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Bibliography (ATSIhealth) 1900 - present
Far North Queensland Collection (FNQ) 1994 - Jan1999

Australia New Zealand Reference Centre on EBSCOhost.
Contains full text articles from selected Australian newspapers including The Age, The Australian and the Herald-Sun
INFOKOORIE
Provides an index to articles in the Koori Mail

Browse selected journals

Gateways and Directories

Aboriginal Sites
Councils, Co-operatives and Communities
Aboriginal Studies
From the WWW Virtual Library
AMOL
Australian Museums and Galleries Online- Indigenous Resources
Aboriginal Australian Links
Internet resources compiled by the State Library of NSW
Indigenous Portal
From the Australian Government. This site provides access to resources, contacts, information, and government programs and services for Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders
IndigOz
Indigenous Australian internet portal

Government

Aboriginal Affairs Victoria
Aboriginal Justice Advisory Council
From NSW - This council provides advice to the Government on law and justice issues related to Aboriginal peoples
Centrelink Indigenous Information Page
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Indigenous Land Corporation
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Report of 1991
Torres Strait Regional Authority

Native Title

ANTaR Australians For Native Title and Reconciliation
Balancing the scales of Indigenous Land Justice in Victoria, 2006
Land Councils - Australia
Provides links to Land Councils
Learning about Native Title
National Native Title Tribunal
Native Title
Produced by Rod Hagen.This site gives a brief overview of Mabo, Wik, Native Title Act and amendments
Native Title Act 1993
Native Title Infobase
Contains selected material from 1839 to the present day
Native Title Representative Bodies (NTRB)
As recognised under the Native Title Act 1993
Not One Iota of Land Justice: The Yorta Yorta Case
Papers of Edward Koiki Mabo
Guide to manuscripts held by the National Library of Australia
Representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander Body Areas - map

Stolen Generations

Bringing them home
The 'Stolen Children' report (1997) from The Australian Human rights Commission
National Archives of Australia: Records about Indigenous Australians

Languages

AIATSIS Austlang
Indigenous languages database
AIATSIS Pathways Gateway to the AITSIS Thesauri
Aboriginal Languages of Australia
From the WWW Virtual Library
FATSIL
Federation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation of Languages
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages

Australian Web sites

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Protocols
For Libraries, Archives and Information Services
Aboriginal Australia
Commercial site which provides links to aboriginal art, music and other enterprises
Aboriginal Heritage Unit
From the Australian Museum
Aboriginal Hostels Limited
Action for Aboriginal Rights
Aboriginal Student Support and Parent Awareness Program
AIATSIS
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
ASEDA
The AIATSIS Aboriginal Studies Electronic Data Archive
AUSANTHROP
Anthropological research, resources and documentation on the Aborigines of Australia
Australian Aboriginal Cultures Gallery
From the SA Museum.
Australian Indigenous Health Infonet
Black Pages
National online Indigenous Business and Community Services Directory
Bunjilaka
From the Melbourne Museum
Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
From the ANU. This site contains many discussion papers focusing on indigenous economic issues
Indiginet
Indigenous internet and multimedia access network.
Indigenous Australia
From Australian Museum Online.
Indigenous Law Resources From AustLII Australasian Legal Information Institute
Koori Centre
Links to resources and projects from Sydney University
Koorie Heritage Trust
Koori History website
Produced by Gary Foley, Senior Curator for Southeastern Australia, Melbourne Museum.
Kooriweb Voices from Black Australia
Message Stick
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Online produced by the ABC
Mission Voices
Interactive website telling the stories of six Aboriginal mission stations in Victoria
Mura
The AIATSIS Library catalogue
Mura Gadi
A guide to indigenous materials in the National Library of Australia
NATSIEW National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Educational Website
Norman B. Tindale collection
From the S.A. Museum
Pandora: Australia's Web Archive: Indigenous Peoples
From the NLA. A collection of copies of Australian online publications
Reconciliation Australia
Us Mob

International Web sites

Aboriginal Law and Legislation
Mainly Canadian with some Australian content
Center for World Indigenous Studies
Development Gateway Foundation: Indigenous Issues
International interactive portal for information and knowledge sharing
Indigenous node of the World Wide Web Virtual Library
Links to Aboriginal Resources
Links to Australian and international sites
World Bank Indigenous Knowledge Program

Author: Heather Coutts (hcoutts@swin.edu.au)