Australian Aboriginal Studies (AAS) Journal 2024 (Issue 1)

Australian Aboriginal Studies (AAS) is a peer-reviewed journal that combines academic rigour with research excellence. The journal advances qualitative academic scholarship of significance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in established and emerging fields of humanities and social sciences in contemporary and historic Australian contexts.

The journal is published twice a year by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS). 

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Production Details

Issue 1

• paperback
• 246mm x 189mm (paperback)
• 98pp
• Released December 2024
• ISSN 0729-4352

Editor: Dr Robyn Smith 

Content

Editorial

Leonard Hill, AIATSIS Chief Executive

Major articles

Evidencing the emergence of healthy Indigenous communities through Ground Up monitoring and evaluation

Nyomba Gandaŋu, Emmanuel Yunupiŋu, Michaela Spencer, Michael Christie

Indigenous urban food: a small study of adults and young people’s food security in Geraldton, Western Australia

Miri (Margaret) Raven 

Ending the cycle: the effects of a trauma-informed program operating in a remote Indigenous community

Jack R Menges, Marie L Caltabiano, Alan Clough, Tim White 

Indigenous medicines in Australia: a flawed regulatory and legal landscape

Virginia Marshall, Emma Kowal, Paul W Marshall, Mardi Reardon-Smith, Ronald J Quinn

Indigenous standpoint in tourism research to assist leadership imperatives

Joann Schmider 

Making Indigenous Reference Group meetings meaningful — ‘it’s all about respect’

Alison Wunungmurra and Anita D’Aprano 

‘No White Man’s ground, Black Mans’: Kulin ‘trespassers’ on Collins Street in early Melbourne

Liz Conor

Cover Image

Smoking ceremony at the 2024 AIATSIS Summit in Naarm, Melbourne. Photo: Jacinta Keefe Photography.