Ngukurr at the millennium: a baseline profile for social impact planning in South-East Arnhem Land
Details:
Title
Ngukurr at the millennium: a baseline profile for social impact planning in South-East Arnhem Land,
Creator
Taylor, John,
Bern, John,
Senior, Kate A.,
Collection
E-Publications,
E-Books,
PublicationNT,
Research Monograph No. 18,
Date
2000,
Location
Ngukurr,
Description
Rapid change arising from large-scale development projects can place severe strain on the physical infrastructure and social fabric of affected communities, as well as providing opportunities for betterment. The remote Aboriginal town of Ngukurr, together with its satellite outstations in the southeast Arnhem Land region of the Northern Territory, faces the prospect of such change as a result of mineral exploration activity currently underway, instigated by Rio Tinto. This study, which is comprehensive in its scope, provides a
synchronistic baseline statistical analysis of social and economic conditions in Ngukurr. It emphasises several key areas of policy interest and intervention, including the demographic structure and residence patterns of the regional population, and their labour force status, education and training, income, welfare, housing, and health status. The result is an appraisal of Ngukurr’s social and economic life after a generation of self management and land rights, immediately prior to a possible period of major introduced
economic development based on mineral exploitation. Thus it presents both a summary of the development effects of post-assimilation policy and the ‘before’ stage of a comparison-in-waiting. It forms a basis for social impact planning by establishing planning benchmarks across a range of key policy areas, and demonstrates the capacity that exists for rapid appraisal of remote Aboriginal communities.,
Table of contents
Preface -- The cope and content of the analysis -- The demography of south-east Arnhem Land -- Labour force status -- Income status and welfare -- Education: participation and outcomes -- Housing and infrastructure -- Health status -- Implications for social impact planning -- References,
Language
English,
Subject
Aboriginal Australians,
Social conditions,
Population dynamics,
Housing,
Education,
Employment,
Publisher name
Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University,
Place of publication
Canberra,
Series
Research Monograph No. 18,
Format
xii, 118 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.,
File type
application/pdf,
ISBN
713551028,
ISSN
1036-6962,
Use
Copyright,
Copyright owner
Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University,