Sand Dynamics as a Tool for Coastal Erosion Management: A Case Study in Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia

In this article we will consider one Aboriginal child’s literacy learning in her first year of formal schooling. The data were collected in 1985. Sharon was then a student in an Aboriginal Transition class in an urban school in the Northern Territory. The children in Sharon’s class consisted of Kriol, Warlpiri and Aboriginal English speakers. The program they were placed in was an English-only one. This report considers one case study and discusses Sharon’s learning in the classroom context (for a full report see Walton, 1986).

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Estimate of Storm Induced Beach Erosion Through the ETS Approach

Volume 2: Structures, Safety and Reliability ◽

10.1115/omae2008-57749 ◽

2008 ◽

Author(s):

Rosaria E. Musumeci ◽

Carla Faraci ◽

Felice Arena ◽

Enrico Foti

Keyword(s):

Return Period ◽

Extreme Events ◽

Coastal Erosion ◽

Beach Erosion ◽

Coastal Protection ◽

Shoreline Retreat ◽

Submerged Breakwater ◽

The One

In the present paper the risk of beach erosion is evaluated by applying the Equivalent Triangular Storm (ETS). The selected case study is ‘La Plaja’ beach located in the South of Catania, Sicily. The proposed approach has shown that when the ETS model is applied, a shoreline retreat has been found which on average overestimates the one obtained by means of actual storm data of about 35%. The model has been applied for the determination of the return period of shoreline recession due to beach erosion during extreme events in order to recover risk maps, which can provide useful information in the planning of coastal interventions. Finally the model has been applied to predict the shoreline retreat in the presence of a submerged breakwater, confirming that the introduction of such coastal protection work strongly limits the risk of coastal erosion.

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An Integrated Approach to Analyze Sedimentary Stock and Coastal Erosion in Vulnerable Areas: Resilience Assessment of San Vicenzo’s Coast (Italy)

Water ◽

10.3390/w12030805 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 805

Author(s):

Francesco Bianco ◽

Paolo Conti ◽

Salvador García-Ayllon ◽

Enzo Pranzini

Keyword(s):

Coastal Erosion ◽

Integrated Approach ◽

Coastal Communities ◽

Sea State ◽

Erosion Risk ◽

Geomorphic Features ◽

Active Processes ◽

Resilience Assessment ◽

Morphological Patterns

The assessment of coastal erosion risk is a major challenge, since environmental and geomorphic features, together with sea state parameters, can seriously change the configuration of coastal areas. In addition, the anthropic actions of the coastal communities may also drastically modify the configuration of the coast in vulnerable areas. In this study, a linkage between regional mapping guidelines and national geological cartography procedures is presented as a meaningful tool in the geomorphic trends analysis for the integrated mapping of the main morphological patterns of San Vincenzo’s coastal area, in the region of Tuscany (Italy). Comparing and joining different procedures—which have different scales and topics—requires adapting the fields and the information provided in maps and databases. In this case study, a GIS morpho-sedimentological approach is developed. This GIS approach enables us to cover several issues simultaneously, such as the representation of coastal active processes, the adaptation of regional and national cartography to coastal erosion assessment, and lastly the calculation of the sedimentary stock analysis, since it represents the first attribute of coasts to be preserved in a resilience-oriented integrated assessment.

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A case study of the application of a microcomputer-based favorability evaluation system: uranium exploration in the Alligator Rivers uranium field, Northern Territory, Australia

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts ◽

10.1016/0148-9062(95)99193-2 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 32 (6) ◽

pp. A275

Keyword(s):

Evaluation System ◽

Northern Territory ◽

Uranium Exploration

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Tally Ho Boys' Training Farm, Aboriginal children and the intersection of school, welfare and justice systems, 1950s–1960s

History of Education Review ◽

10.1108/her-04-2020-0020 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Beth Marsden

Keyword(s):

20Th Century ◽

Northern Territory ◽

Limited Attention ◽

Education Department ◽

Content Type ◽

Justice Systems ◽

Post War ◽

Aboriginal Children

PurposeThis paper draws on the archival records of the Victorian Education Department, literature produced by the governing authority of Tally Ho (the Central Mission), and newspaper reports produced in the mid-20th century about school and education at Tally Ho. This paper also draws on material from the Victorian Aborigines Welfare Board and the Northern Territory Department of Welfare, as well as two historical key government inquiries into the institutionalisation of children.Design/methodology/approachThis paper uses Tally Ho Boys’ Training Farm as a case study to examine the intersection of welfare systems, justice systems and schooling and education for Aboriginal children in institutions like Tally Ho in the mid-20th century. Further, it provides perspectives on how institutions such as Tally Ho were utilised by governments in Victoria and the Northern Territory to pursue different agendas – sometimes educational – particular to Aboriginal children. This paper also explores how histories can be reconstructed when archives are missing or silent about histories of Aboriginal childhood.FindingsThis paper demonstrates how governments used Tally Ho to control and govern the lives of Aboriginal children. By drawing together archives from a range of bodies and authorities who controlled legislation and policies, this paper contributes new understandings about the role of institutions in Victoria to the assimilation policies of Victoria and the Northern Territory in the mid-20th century.Originality/valueScholarship on the institutionalisation of children in the post-war era in Victoria, including the ways that schooling and justice systems were experienced by children living in care, has failed to fully engage with the experiences of Aboriginal children. Historians have given limited attention to the experiences of Aboriginal children living in institutions off Aboriginal reserves in Victoria. There has been limited historical scholarship examining the experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children at Tally Ho. This paper broadens our understandings about how Aboriginal children encountered institutionalisation in Victoria.

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