Aboriginal Prisoners Design Their Own Curriculum

Aboriginal people in Western Australia experience very high rates of imprisonment. In June 1985 the percentage of Aboriginal people in prisons in Western Australia was 32.7% (Walker and Biles 1986:23) and a large number of these were young men. Aboriginal people constitute 2.5% of the total population of Western Australia which means they are over represented at a rate of 12%(W.A.A.E.C.G. 1987:32). These figures have been extensively researched and documented (Hazlehurst 1987, Eggleston 1976 and Martin and Newby 1986) perhaps to the detriment of Aboriginal people (Parker 1987:140). Parker believes these high rates are due to the socio-economic and political status of Aboriginal people in our society, and suggests education programs about Aboriginal culture should be introduced to judicial agents accompanied by "the promotion of Aboriginal autonomy and independence in the areas of health, housing, education and employment" (Parker 1987:137). Broadhurst (1987:152) reinforces this view, asserting that the over representation of Aboriginal people in the criminal justice system is a result of deprivation and economic dependence and the development of the north-west, rather than an aspect of Aboriginality (Broadhurst 1987:179). He urges that prisons be used as a ’last resort‘.

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Pidgin Ngarluma

Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages ◽

10.1075/jpcl.13.1.02den ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 1-61 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Alan Dench

Keyword(s):

Western Australia ◽

West Coast ◽

Aboriginal People ◽

North West ◽

The North ◽

Australian Languages

This paper discusses evidence of an early pidgin in use amongst Aboriginal people of the north west coast of Western Australia. The crucial evidence comes from an Italian manuscript describing the rescue, by local Aborigines, of two castaways wrecked on North West Cape in 1875. The data reveals that the local Aborigines attempted to communicate with the Italian-speaking survivors using what appears to be an Australian language spoken some 300 kilometers further along the coast, around the emerging center of the new Pilbara pearling industry. I present an analysis of the material, showing that it differs from Australian languages of the area in significant ways and can be considered a reduced variety. I conclude that this variety is an indigenous pidgin — the first to be described for Australia.

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Values Dissonance

The Aboriginal Child at School ◽

10.1017/s0310582200013705 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 12-20

Author(s):

G.A. Iversen

Keyword(s):

Aboriginal People ◽

South Australia ◽

Value System ◽

Unique Challenge ◽

Australian Society ◽

North West ◽

Traditional System ◽

Aboriginal Students ◽

The North ◽

Aboriginal Culture

Within the North-west Aboriginal reserve of South Australia a traditional system of tribal Aboriginal culture is currently maintained and reproduced. The observable culture of the Aboriginal people of this region retains distinct traditional elements and a life-style very different from that of the dominant white Australian society. Within this socio-cultural setting, schools which have been operational in some form since the establishment of the settlements face a unique challenge. Unfortunately, the challenge has, in most cases, not been successfully met, since the lack of success of Aboriginal students in the school situation is a damning indictment of the introduced Western system of schooling. Success is measured by the achievement of the set goals of the school, but frequently these reflect a white Australian value system.

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Psychiatry in Ireland

International Psychiatry ◽

10.1192/s1749367600000412 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 36-38 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Zahid Latif

Keyword(s):

Northern Ireland ◽

European Economic Community ◽

Total Population ◽

Economic Community ◽

Republic Of Ireland ◽

North West ◽

North East ◽

The North ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

The Republic

Ireland is the third largest island in Europe and the twentieth largest island in the world, with an area of 86 576 km2; it has a total population of slightly under 6 million. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and to the west of Great Britain. The Republic of Ireland covers five-sixths of the island; Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom, is in the north-east. Twenty-six of the 32 counties are in the Republic of Ireland, which has a population of 4.2 million, and its capital is Dublin. The other six counties are in Northern Ireland, which has a population of 1.75 million, and its capital is Belfast. In 1973 both parts of Ireland joined the European Economic Community. This article looks at psychiatry in the Republic of Ireland.

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Community Dynamics and Metabolic Potential of Petroleum-Degrading Microbes in the North West Shelf, Western Australia

10.3997/2214-4609.201902758 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Darren Cheah ◽

Kliti Grice ◽

Cornelia Wuchter ◽

Alan G. Scarlett ◽

Marco J. L. Coolen

Keyword(s):

Western Australia ◽

Community Dynamics ◽

Metabolic Potential ◽

North West ◽

The North

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Observations on the endo- and ectoparasites affecting dogs and cats in Aboriginal communities in the north-west of Western Australia

Australian Veterinary Journal ◽

10.1111/j.1751-0813.1993.tb08050.x ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 70 (7) ◽

pp. 268-270 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

RCA THOMPSON ◽

BP MELONI ◽

RM HOPKINS ◽

P DEPLAZES ◽

JA REYNOLDSON

Keyword(s):

Western Australia ◽

Aboriginal Communities ◽

North West ◽

The North

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TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONAL ANALOGUE MODELLING OF EXTENSIONAL FAULT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATION TO THE NORTH WEST SHELF, WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

The APPEA Journal ◽

10.1071/aj93043 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 34 (1) ◽

pp. 555

Author(s):

N. M. Lemon ◽

T. Mahmood

Keyword(s):

Western Australia ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Sedimentary Sequence ◽

Progressive Deformation ◽

Plan View ◽

North West ◽

The North ◽

Analogue Modelling ◽

Extensional Structures ◽

Geometry And Kinematics

The North West Shelf of Western Australia is an area of known extensional control with a number of inbuilt complexities related to variations in direction of extension and the existence of early fracture sets. Analogue modelling in a sandbox of modest construction and proportions can imitate the style of structures imaged by seismic on the North West Shelf. Models were constructed to simulate deformation in a sedimentary sequence above simple listric, ramp/flat and complex 3D detachment surfaces. A new 3D technique has been devised to simulate progressive deformation above complex detachment morphologies. Analysis of the structures produced has been achieved by marrying sequential plan view photographs of the model surface with serial vertical sections of the bulk of the model once the experiment has been completed and the sand stabilised. This technique also has the ability to simulate geometry and kinematics of extensional structures in a complex polyphase area. This 3D technique has proven particularly useful in the understanding of structures developed in regions where the sedimentary sequence has been subject to more than one period of extension, each with different orientations. The models provide the first understanding of the areal distribution of fault patterns and associated subsidiary troughs in areas of complex detachments. These models show the distribution of pre-rift and syn-rift sediments in extensional terranes and are valuable in the prediction of deformation in areas of poor seismic quality and for confirmation of seismic interpretation.

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Extensional fault-related folding of the North West shelf, Western Australia

AAPG Bulletin ◽

10.1306/08301918030 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 104 (4) ◽

pp. 913-938

Author(s):

Sam McHarg ◽

Chris Elders ◽

Jane Cunneen

Keyword(s):

Western Australia ◽

North West ◽

The North

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Community structure and zoogeographic affinities of the coastal fishes of the Dampier region of north-western Australia.

Marine and Freshwater Research ◽

10.1071/mf9850247 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 36 (2) ◽

pp. 247 ◽

Cited By ~ 48

Author(s):

SJM Blaber ◽

JW Young ◽

MC Dunning

Keyword(s):

Community Structure ◽

Western Australia ◽

High Tide ◽

Organic Content ◽

Tidal Range ◽

Nursery Ground ◽

North West ◽

Physical Conditions ◽

The North ◽

North Western

The species composition and broad trophic structure of the mangrove creek and open shore fish communities of the Dampier region in tropical north-western Australia are described. The habitats are characterized by a lack of freshwater influence, low turbidity and a tidal range in excess of 4 m. Both mangroves and open shores have a diversity of species typical of Indo-west Pacific coastal waters but the physical conditions have modified the community structure both to exclude many families that prefer areas of higher turbidity and reduced salinity, and to include others that usually occur only in clear waters. The fish faunas of the mangroves (113 species) and open shores (106 species) are compared: 54 species were common to both. The deeper waters were dominated by piscivores, which penetrated throughout the mangroves at high tide. Iliophagous species were abundant, particularly in the mangroves where the organic content of the substratum (7.8-8.2%) was not reduced markedly compared with other areas of the Indo-Pacific, despite the lack of freshwater inflow. The clear and deep water in the mangroves at high tide favour predation on juveniles by piscivorous fishes and reduce the effectiveness of such areas as nurseries. There is virtually no overlap of the fauna with that of the deeper waters (>20 m) of the North West Shelf, and the inshore region is not a significant nursery ground for any of the commercially important deeper water species.

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