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Ninti One hosted an informative, dynamic event to share its recent research projects and early findings.Guests joined for an invigorating and thought-provoking forum about policy issues confronting remote Australia. This event was held at Ninti One Pty, Desert Knowledge Precinct, Tuesday 18 November 2014.
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Remote Wisdom
Innovation for remote Australia
and its relevance to policy Tuesday, 18 November 2014
Outline
1. Introduction to Ninti One Limited
2. New Managing Director
3. What is remote Australia and what does it
mean for mainstream Australia?
4. Ninti One’s innovative work
• Cooperative Research Centre for Remote
Economic Participation (CRC-REP)
• Other projects
5. The Future
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Ninti One also manages
the CRC for Remote
Economic Participation
and external
consultancy projects.
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1. Introducing Ninti One
Ninti One is a not-for-profit company that builds
opportunities for people in remote Australia through
research, innovation and community development.
2. What is remote Australia and what does it mean for
mainstream Australia?
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3. Ninti One’s work
4. Aboriginal Community Researchers
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This unique combination of Aboriginal
Community Researchers, matched with the
expertise of Ninti One Limited in delivering
community engagement projects across
remote Australia, represents a new model
for policy advice and future service
delivery.
5. The future for Ninti One
• The CRC program is under review
• Indigenous Advancement Strategy
• Other funding sources
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Aboriginal Community Researchers’
involvement in the CRC-REP Interplay project
Aboriginal Community Researcher Program
A network of over 120 Aboriginal Community Researchers employeed across 60
communities over the last three years.
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Participatory Action Research
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CHANGE
Adapted from: jareddonovan.com/blog/on/research/
Interplay Project
Investigating the interrelationships between health, wellbeing,
education and employment in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander settlements
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Research questions:
1. What are the relationships between health and wellbeing
outcomes and education and employment for individuals and
communities living in remote Australia?
2. How effective are targeted interventions in this field?
3. How can policy and practice be better informed by this
knowledge to maximise desired health and wellbeing
outcomes?
Interplay project
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The Interplay is how everything connects together
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Interplay project
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For further information, please contact:
Tammy Abbott
Email – [email protected]
Phone – (08) 7905-5522
www.crc-rep.com/interplay-between-health-
wellbeing-education-and-employment
Questions?
Plant Business
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Why Bush Tomato?: • an emerging business opportunity with existing market for
processed products and potential for expansion
• grows in the arid zone so presents a commercial prospect in remote Australia
• an existing foundation of previous R&D
• a good model for other crop development opportunities
Overview: Main themes:
• selection of improved Bush Tomato varieties as a model for bush food crop development
• legal and related strategies for safeguarding the interests of traditional custodians when culture-based products are commercialised
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Plant Business project:
Sub-project areas:
• Community engagement and field sample collection
• Plant Science – genetics and phytochemistry
• Plant Propagation – conventional and tissue culture
• Field Trial – assessment of variation and selection
• Seed-banks – risk of the loss of values in plants
• Safeguarding the interests of traditional custodians – law PhD
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Plant Business project:
Sub-project areas:
• Community engagement and field collection sub-project
– collection of plant materials, GPS locations and stories
Partner: RemoteBiz Limited, Business Development Unit
Status: completed for 65 sites
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Plant Business project:
Sub-project areas:
• Plant Science sub-project – genetics and phytochemistry
– readily distinguish S. centrale from other species
– distinguish discrete varieties
– negligible glycoalkaloids in mature fruit
Partner: Southern Cross University
Status: write-up
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Plant Business project:
Sub-project areas:
• Plant Propagation and Field Trial
– change in initial planned strategy
– seed propagation approach (variability)
– tissue culture (clonal)
– field trail established (late March 2014)
Partners: NT Government, Alice Springs Desert Park and Arid Zone Research Institute
Ormandy Plants Pty Ltd, CleanGROW
Status: planted and awaiting
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Plant Business project:
Sub-project areas:
• Seed-banks – risk of the loss of values in plants
– international colloquium, Canberra, June 2014 at the Humanities Research Centre, Australian National University
Partner: University of New England
Status: write-up
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Plant Business project:
Sub-project areas:
• Safeguarding the interests of traditional custodians
Kylie Lingard PhD project –
“Practical legal and institutional strategies to support remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s knowledge interests in the commercialisation of native plants”
Practical strategies to support the interests of remote Aboriginal
peoples in their bush food knowledge
Partner: University of New England
Status: advanced
ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT INSLANDER CULTURAL ENTERPRISE
The Process of Mapping Spinifex Country.
Spinifex Country, GVD in WA
Spinifex Country Detail
Spinifex Country is in the Great Victoria Desert, WA
• Native Title was determined by Federal Court in bush sitting at
Kulgarbin in November 2000
• 55,000 hectares of pristine land under Native Title
• Nganyatjara Lands to the north
• Pilki country to the West; soon to be determined NT
• Approximately 260 people identify as Spinifex
• Southern Pillar of Western Desert Cultural block
• Tjuntjuntjara is the major Spinifex community of 180 people and
southern pillar of Western Desert culture
• Ilkurlka in the middle of claim area on the Serpentine Lakes Road.
• Story of Spinifex People goes through Maralinga, Cundeelee mission,
Coonana, Yakadunia and Tjuntjuntjara. Insight history of State
policies but for another occasion.
Mapping Spinifex Country
• Want to look forward by looking back.
• Have asked the question, ‘what is the Capital of a remote
traditionally oriented community?’
• Have answered this question ‘Capital is based around Traditional
Owners with a vast store of knowledge over a substantial land
area’
• Assuming it is Traditional knowledge that makes the land of such
value. Thus project is to ‘map’ this knowledge.
Think of Capital as Treasure
The primary components of Spinifex treasure seen as follows:
• Sites of significance
• Stories and pathways
• Knowledge and practices
• History and the people’s story
And of course the National Living Treasures
Mid Year Budget or Treasure Audit
• Real Exploration: On Ground Bush Expeditions
• Gems from Previous Projects
• Historical Sources
On Ground Expeditions
Vehicles, flat tyres, food, fire….chaos
Gems from Previous Projects
Kulyuru: C.190
Past Projects
• Heritage projects
• Arts Project
• Photographic and video projects
• Documentation works of the above includes 1000 paintings
Value waiting to be organised
Long Term Deposits: Value in History and Historical
Sources
• Impact times came before contact time in Spinifex Country.
• Border incursions of many sorts were undertaken. Sources can
be found on these.
History meets Kulbitjara 1932
Agents of History visit Tuan Tjarlu
The unexplained!
Surveillance of Historical Institutions
• 1. WA State Library
• 2. WA State Records
• 3. SA Museum
• Searches under Cundeelee Mission, Ooldea, Karonie, Vic Nature
Reserve etc.
Land based expeditions most important treasure hunts of all.
Especially once the camel project gave us the opportunity to
use helicopter time for mapping.
Logistics were challenging but also fun
Grabbing resources, or all hands on deck. Can we
mention the P word…….
Following old memories and tracks
Amazing feeling above but still in the landscape
Fast-tracking the search for sites
In country again
Site visits, the most effective moments for cultural
transmission
Data Gathering
Seizing the Chance to Gather Details
• GPS information taken at every site
• Images if allowed; site specific, aerial, landscape etc.
• Country Information
• Tjukurrpa Information. Details, directions and orientations.
• Kinship details
• Historical information; e.g. Nyuntirlka blaze, sorry business
Development of Treasure Data Base
• Crucial to be able to handle all the information gathered from
various sources.
• Crucial for future ‘live management’ of Spinifex Country.
• Data Base will have:
• GIS capacity for various layered use
• Images located by GPS metadata
• Kinship and birth details (People)
• Tjukurrpa and associated details (Sites)
• Links between people, land, story, information and images
Hidden Gems
Treasure Maps & Treasure Chests
A wise person said we exist to connect our Ancestors to
our Descendants.
Big Place!
Closing remarks
• With treasure in the bank lots of things are possible. Wealth
creates wealth.
• Community making efforts to secure treasure and make it actively
available whilst looking for innovative ways to invest
• I agree Australia has a Budget Deficit Disaster
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For further information, please contact:
Peter Twigg
Email – [email protected]
Phone – 08 9037 1147
Questions?
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