Benjamin Smith
Decentralisation, population mobility and the CDEP scheme in central Cape York Peninsula
Discussion Paper 238 / 2002
Abstract:
This paper presents a case study of the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) scheme in the Coen region of Cape York Peninsula from January 1996 to May 1997, prior to implementation of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) and Spicer Reports on CDEP. During this time the inter-relationship between contemporary patterns of population mobility, Aboriginal aspirations, and the CDEP scheme provided a foundation for local social and economic development.
Developing a land and resource management framework for Kaanju homelands, Central Cape York Peninsula
Discussion Paper 256 / 2003
Abstract:
This paper outlines efforts by Kaanju families to develop a comprehensive framework for the management of traditional lands and their associated resources on Kaanju homelands. Based at the Chuula homeland camp on the upper Wenlock River, Kaanju people are attempting to move beyond involvement as mere partners or stakeholders in land and resource management projects, which involves a substantial re-orientation in the ways in which land and resource management are undertaken.
The Social Effects of Native Title: Recognition, Translation, Coexistence
Research Monograph 27 / 2007
ISBN 9781921313516 (Print Version)
ISBN 9781921313523 (Online Version)
Abstract:
The papers in this collection reflect on the various social effects of native title. In particular, the authors consider the ways in which the implementation of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cwlth), and the native title process for which this Act legislates, allow for the recognition and translation of Aboriginal law and custom, and facilitate particular kinds of coexistence between Aboriginal title holders and other Australians.
