Publications by the School of Indigenous Australian Studies

Thomas, Yvonne, Gray, Marion, and McGinty, Sue (2010) Homelessness and the right to occupation and inclusion: an Australian perspective. WFOT Bulletin, 62 (November). pp. 19-25.

Berry, Helen, Butler, James R.A., Burgess, C. Paul, King, Ursula G., Tsey, Komla, Cadet-James, Yvonne L., Rigby, C. Wayne, and Raphael, Beverley (2010) Mind, body, spirit: co-benefits for mental health from climate change adaptation and caring for country in remote Aboriginal Australian communities. NSW Public Health Bulletin, 21 (5-6). pp. 139-145.

Tsey, Komla (2010) Making social science matter?: Case Studies from community development and empowerment education research in rural Ghana and Aboriginal Australia. Asian Social Science, 6 (1). pp. 3-12.

Turner, Kathy, Ireland, Lynette, Krenus, Brenda, and Pointon, Leigh (2010) Essential Academic Skills. Oxford University Press, South Melbourne Victoria Australia.

McCalman, Janya, Tsey, Komla, Reilly, Lyndon, Connolly, Brian, Fagan, Ruth, Earles, Wendy, and Andrews, Ross (2010) Taking control of health: Gurriny's story of organisational change. Third Sector Review, 16 (1). pp. 29-47.

McCalman, Janya, McEwan, Alexandra, Tsey, Komla, Blackmore, Eunice, and Bainbridge, Roxanne (2010) Towards social sustainability: the case of the Family Wellbeing community empowerment education program. Journal of Social and Economic Policy, 13 (2).

Tsey, Komla (2010) The role of customs and beliefs in legitimating community development participation in Botoku, rural Ghana: implications for substance abuse prevention (Part 1 of 2). Forum on Public Policy, 2010 ( 1). 1-13.

Hannan, Agnes (2009) Rotumans in Australia. Social Alternatives, 28 (4). pp. 34-38.

Cadet-James, Yvonne (2009) The many hats of an Indigenous researcher: reflecting on practice. Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, 33 (6). pp. 21-23.

Whiteside, Mary, Tsey, Komla, and Cadet-James, Yvonne (2009) Empowerment as a social determinant of Indigenous Australian health - the case of the Family Wellbeing Programme. In: Social Work and Global Health Inequalities. Policy Press, Bristol, UK, pp. 165-171.

Bainbridge, Roxanne (2009) Parents and children learning together: yarns from around the campfire. Report. James Cook University, Cairns. (Unpublished)

Moylan, Carol (2009) Treating depression: towards an Indigenous psychotherapy. PhD thesis, James Cook University.

McGinty, Sue, and Yunkaporta, Tyson (2009) Book review of "Disciplining the Savages: savaging the disciplines" by Martin Nakata, Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra, ACT, Australia. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 15 (2). pp. 432-433.

Bainbridge, Roxanne (2009) Cast all imaginations: Umbi speak. PhD thesis, James Cook University.

Watkin, Felecia (2009) My island home: a study of identity across different generations of Torres Strait Islanders living outside the Torres Strait. PhD thesis, James Cook University.

Whiteside, Mary (2009) A grounded theory of empowerment in the context of Indigenous Australia. PhD thesis, James Cook University.

James, Robert Andrew (2009) A modern history of the Gugu Badhun people and their country. Masters (Research) thesis, James Cook University.

Mayo, Kevin, and Tsey, Komla (2009) Research Dancing: reflections on the relationships between university-based researchers and community-based researchers at Gurriny Yealamucka Health Services Aboriginal Corporation, Yarrabah. Report. Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health, Darwin, NT, Australia.

Santhanam, Radhika, McEwan, Alexandra, Bainbridge, Roxanne, Hunter, Ernest, Haswell-Elkins, Melissa, and Tsey, Komla (2009) Adapting the Australian public mental health performance indicators to the contextual needs of a remote area child and youth mental health service. Australian Indigenous Health Bulletin, 9 (1). pp. 1-12.

Larkins, Sarah, Page, Priscilla, Kathryn, Panaretto, Melvina, Mitchell, Alberts, Valerie, McGinty, Sue, and Craig, Veitch (2009) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescents and their attitudes and behaviours around relationships, contraception and pregnancy: lessons for policy and practice. Proceedings of the 10th National Rural Health Conference 10th National Rural Health Conference . , 17-20 May 2009, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.

McCalman, Janya, Tsey, Komla, Baird, Bradley, Connolly, Brian, Baird, Leslie, and Jackson, Rita (2009) ‘Bringing back respect’: the role of participatory action research in transferring knowledge from an Aboriginal men’s group to youth programs. Australasian Psychiatry, 17 (s1). S59-S63.

Haswell-Elkins, Melissa, Reilly, Lyndon, Fagan, Ruth, Ypinazar, Valmae, Hunter, Ernest, Tsey, Komla, Gibson, Victor, Connolly, Brian, Laliberte, Arlene, Wargent, Rachael, Gibson, Teresa, Saunders, Vicki, McCalman, Janya, and Kavanagh, David (2009) Listening, sharing understanding and facilitating consumer, family and community empowerment through a priority driven partnership in Far North Queensland. Australasian Psychiatry, 17 (s1). S54-S58.

McCalman, Janya, McEwan, Alex, and Tsey, Komla (2009) National Suicide Prevention Strategy project - Building Bridges Report: knowledge sharing between men's groups and the family well being empowerment program: their role in community-based suicide prevention strategies. Report. James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia.

Mayo, Kevin, and Tsey, Komla (2009) Reflections on a community and university research collaboration. Australasian Psychiatry, 17 (s1). S68-S71.

Stewart, Jacqueline, Raiwaqavuka, Toni, and Social Health Team, (2009) Working with a community controlled health organization to develop an evidence base for their practice models. Australasian Psychiatry, 17 (s1). pp. 79-82.

Tsey, Komla, Harvey, Desley, Gibson, Teresa, and Pearson, Liz (2009) The role of empowerment in setting a foundation for social and emotional wellbeing. Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health, 8 (1). pp. 1-10.

McEwan, Alexandra, and Tsey, Komla (2008) The Role of Spirituality in Social and Emotional Wellbeing Initiatives: the family wellbeing program at Yarrabah. Report. Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health, Casuarina, NT, Australia.

Tsey, Komla (2008) Tackling endemic substance abuse among Indigenous Australians: the contribution of values- based family empowerment education (Part 2 of 2). Forum on Public Policy . pp. 1-24.

Loban, Frank (2007) Ngalpun adhabath a goeygayil bangal (our sea, our future): an examination of Torres Strait Protected Zone Joint Authority principles and Torres Strait Islander needs and aspirations for the Torres Strait fisheries, from a Torres Strait Islander perspective. Masters (Research) thesis, James Cook University.

McCalman, Janya, Baird, Bradley, and Tsey, Komla (2007) Indigenous men taking their rightful place - how one Aboriginal community is achieving results. Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, 31 (4). pp. 8-9.

Henderson, Graham, Robson, Carrie, Cox, Leonie, Dukes, Craig, Tsey, Komla, and Haswell, Melissa (2007) Social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people within the broader context of the social determinants of health. In: Beyond Bandaids: exploring the underlying social determinants of Aboriginal health. Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health, Casuarina, NT, Australia, pp. 136-164.

Bethel, Bronwyn (2007) The equity and empowerment of Australian Indigenous women through success in education: Australia's own daughters Of The Dreaming. Refereed Proceedings of the International Women’s Conference: education, employment, and everything – the triple layers of a woman’s life IWC 2007 International Women’s Conference: education, employment, and everything – the triple layers of a woman’s life. , 26-29 September 2007, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia.

Whiteside, Mary, Tsey, Komla, McCalman, Janya, Cadet-James, Yvonne, and Wilson, Andrew (2006) Empowerment as a framework for Indigenous workforce development and organisational change. Australian Social Work, 59 (4). pp. 422-434.

Peach, G., Gibson, S.J., Mullamphy, D.F.T., Venturi, V., and Whittingham, I.B. (2006) Alkali line shapes for the spectra of brown dwarfs. Proceedings of 18th International Conference on Spectral Line Shapes 18th International Conference on Spectral Line Shapes. , 4 - 9 June 2006, Auburn, Alabama, USA.

McCalman, Janya, Tsey, Komla, Wenitong, Mark, Ahkee, Darryl, Jia, Anthony, Ambrum, David, and Wilson, Andrew (2006) "Doing Good Things for Men": Ma’Ddaimba-Balas Indigenous Men’s Group Evaluation Report: 2004–2005. Report. James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia.

Martin, Karen (2006) Please knock before you enter: an investigation of how rainforest Aboriginal people regulate outsiders and the implications for western research and researchers. PhD thesis, James Cook University.

McCalman, Janya, Tsey, Komla, Wenitong, Mark, Whiteside, Mary, Haswell-Elkins, Melissa, Cadet-James, Yvonne, and Wilson, Andrew (2006) Indigenous men's groups - what the literature says. Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, 30 (3). pp. 9-15.

McCalman, Janya, Tsey, Komla, Wenitong, Mark, Whiteside, Mary, Haswell, Melissa, Cadet-James, Yvonne, and Wilson, Andrew (2006) A Literature Review for Indigenous Men’s Groups. Report. James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia. (Unpublished)

Herbert, Jeannie (2006) Indigenous learners, language and identity: implications for educators. Tales out of School: identity and English language teaching, S2 . pp. 72-85.

Young, Dallas, Cadet-James, Yvonne, Campbell, Sandra, Swinbourne, Anne, and McDermott, Robyn (2005) The North Queensland tobacco project. Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, 29 (5). pp. 27-29.

Shibukawa, Yoshiyuki, Chilton, E. Lisa, MacCannell, K. Andrew, Clark, Robert B., and Giles, Wayne R. (2005) K+ currents activated by depolarization in cardiac fibroblasts. Biophysical Journal, 88 (6). pp. 3924-3935.

McGinty, Sue (2005) Community capacity building: the Indigenous Australian context. In: Innovation and Learning in Diverse Settings. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia, pp. 7-16.

McGinty, Sue, and Brader, Andy (2005) Educational disengagement: a review of international, Australian and state policy responses. In: Teachers, Practices and Supportive Cultures. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press, Serdang, Malaysia, pp. 25-35.

McCalman, Janya, Tsey, Komla, Wenitong, Mark, Patterson, David, Baird, Bradley, Warta, Dennis, and Wilson, Andrew (2005) "No More Bandaid Solution": Yaba Bimbie Indigenous Men’s Support Group Evaluation Report: January 2004-June 2005. Report. James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia.

Haswell-Elkins, Melissa, Hunter, Ernest, Nagel, Tricia, Thompson, Carolyn, Hall, Brenda, Mills, Robert, Wargent, Rachael, Tsey, Komla, Knowles, Leanne, and Wilkinson, Yvonne (2005) Reflections on integrating mental health into primary health care services in remote Indigenous communities in Far North Queensland and the Northern Territory. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 11 (2). pp. 62-69.

Wenitong, Mark, Tsey, Komla, McCalman, Janya, Fagan, Ruth, Baird, Leslie, Patterson, David, Baird, Bradley, Whiteside, Mary, Cadet-James, Yvonne, and Wilson, Andrew (2005) Social determinants of health: rural Aboriginal men and participatory action research in Queensland Australia. In: Discourses and Silences: Indigenous Peoples, Risks and Resistance. Department of Geography, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, pp. 277-287.

Pannell, Sandra, and O'Connor, Sue (2005) Toward a cultural topography of cave use in East Timor: a preliminary study. Asian Perspectives, 44 (1). pp. 193-207.

Tsey, Komla, Travers, Helen, Gibson, Teresa, Whiteside, Mary, Cadet-James, Yvonne, Haswell-Elkins, Melissa, McCalman, Janya, and Wilson, Andrew (2005) The role of empowerment through life skills development in building comprehensive primary health care systems in Indigenous Australia. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 11 (2). pp. 16-25.

Gibbs, Martin, and McPhee, Ewen (2004) The Raine Island entrance: wreck traps and the search for a safe route through the Great Barrier Reef. Great Circle: journal of the australian association of maritime history, 26 (2). pp. 24-54.

Rees, Susan, Tsey, Komla, Every, Anne, Williams, Elaine, Cadet-James, Yvonne, and Whiteside, Mary (2004) Empowerment and human rights in addressing violence and improving health in Australian Indigenous communities. Health and Human Rights: an international journal, 8 (1). pp. 94-113.

Hanrahan, Christine (2004) Rethinking parent participation: a process evaluation of the parents and learning program in Napranum. Masters (Research) thesis, James Cook University.

Coughlan, Jacqueline, and Pearson, Richard G. (2004) The bird communities of dry rainforests and surrounding woodlands in north Queensland. In: Conservation of Australia's Forest Fauna. Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Mossman, NSW, Australia, pp. 474-492.

Tsey, Komla, Wenitong, Mark, McCalman, Janya, Whiteside, Mary, Baird, Leslie, Patterson, David, Baird, Bradley, Fagan, Ruth, Cadet-James, Yvonne, and Wilson, Andrew (2004) A participatory action research process with a rural Indigenous men’s group: monitoring and reinforcing change. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 10 (3). pp. 130-136.

McGinty, Sue (2004) The student-teacher axis: idiosyncratic credit and cutting the slack. In: Educational Resiliency: student, teacher and school perspectives. Research in Educational Diversity and Excellence . Information Age Publishing, Greenwich, USA, pp. 157-173.

Wallace, Val (2003) Entering the field of research: a beginning Indigenous researcher's experience. NZARE/AARE Joint Conference Educational Research, Risks, and Dilemmas. , 30 November - 3 December 2003, Auckland, NZ.

Herbert, Jeannie (2003) Time to cross the frontiers: teachers must lead the way. Proceedings of the 48th World Assembly of the International Council on Education for Teaching 2003 Teachers as Leaders: Teacher Education for a Global Profession. , 20-25 July 2003, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Herbert, Jeannie (2003) It's a long road that has no ending. In: Sharing success: an indigenous perspective. Common Ground Publishing , Altona, VIC, Australia, pp. 9-31.

Wilkinson, Louise (2003) Leading and choosing to make a difference for Indigenous students in one of the largest secondary schools in Queensland: an administrator's story. In: Sharing Success: an Indigenous perspective. Common Ground Publishing, Altona, VIC, Australia, pp. 205-223.

McLachlan, Eddie (2003) Seagulls on the airstrip: Indigenous perspectives on cyclone vulnerability awareness and mitigation strategies for remote communities in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 18 (1). pp. 4-12.

McGinty, Sue (2003) Sharing success: an Indigenous perspective: papers from the second national Australian Indigenous education conference. Second National Australian Indigenous Education Conference. , 2-4 July 2002, Townsville, Qld, Australia.

Tripcony, Penny (2003) Success without inclusion: is real change in sight? In: Sharing Success: an Indigenous perspective. Common Ground Publishing, Altona, VIC, Australia, pp. 33-51.

Day, Catherine, and McGinty, Sue (2003) Teaching the value of diversity against the national discourse of the 'war on terror'. International Journal of the Humanities, 1 . pp. 927-939.

Jennings, Neville (2003) Transforming pedagogy and deconstructing democracy in the middle years of schooling: an ongoing conversation. Australian Journal of Middle Schooling, 3 (2). pp. 1-5.

Martin, Karen (2003) Ways of knowing, being and doing: a theoretical framework and methods for Indigenous and Indigenist Re-search. Journal of Australian Studies, 76 .

McGinty, Sue (2003) The literature and theories behind community capacity building. In: Sharing Success: an Indigenous perspective. Common Ground Publishing , Altona, VIC, Australia, pp. 65-93.

Mcginty, Sue (2002) It's really a community service: issues in the publication and retailing of books in northern Australia. In: Value Chain Clustering in Regional Publishing Services Markets. C-2-C Project Series, 3 . Common Ground Publishing, Altona, VIC, Australia, pp. 177-194.

Tsey, K, Patterson, D, Whiteside, M, Baird, L, and Baird, B (2002) Indigenous men taking their rightful place in society? A preliminary analysis of a participatory action research process with Yarrabah Men's Health Group. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 10 (6). pp. 278-284.

McCalman, J, and Gilbert, J (2001) Preventing hepatitis C infection among young injecting drug users in Cairns. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 12 (3). pp. 265-267.

Chesterman, John (2000) Taking civil rights seriously. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 46 (4). pp. 497-509.

Tsey, Komla, and Every, Anne (2000) Evaluating Aboriginal empowerment programs - the case of Family WellBeing. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 24 (5). pp. 509-514.

Chesterman, John (2000) Mr Coleman is not entitled to be an agitator. Alternative Law Journal, 25 (4). pp. 191-192.

McGinty, Sue, Jimbidie, Tarungka Irene, and Smiler, Pangkaylala Gail (2000) Karrayili: adult education in a remote Australian community. Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra, Australia.