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'Hunting Wave Hill' Research Project
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Hunting Wave Hill
A research project by Charlie WardMaster of Arts in Creative Writing
Faculty of English Flinders University, 2011
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'Hunting Wave Hill' Research Project
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Hunting Wave Hill: Research Project
Topic Summary
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Research Question
Hunting Wave Hill: Research Project
• 1966-1986: what happened?
• Current implications: personal; professional and policy?
'Hunting Wave Hill' Research Project
Research Methodology
Auto-ethnography
Oral History
Thanks to the Woditj family of Palumpa
'Hunting Wave Hill' Research Project
Rationale of Creative Work ... the more I uncovered about the ‘local’, the more I came to see the best way of explaining the ‘national’ was to focus on the ‘local’.
(McKenna: 2002)
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Rationale: Subjectivity, Race and Ethics
Rationale: exegesis
'Hunting Wave Hill' Research Project
Ramifications for Indigenous policy formulation and antiracist support
'Hunting Wave Hill' Research Project
Literature Review
•Academic works
•Archival material
•Private correspondence
•Oral histories
and.....
'Hunting Wave Hill' Research Project
Thesis OutlineCreative Work (60,000 words):
Introduction (5,000 words). Part One: 1966-1971. (20, 000 words).Part Two 1972-1975. (20, 000 words):Part Three: 1976-1986. (10, 000 words) Epilogue. (5, 000 words): Elements of the Exegesis (five chapters of 8,000 words)
The paradoxical role of government: resistance and dependence … the bureaucratic enablersIndigenous people and their non-Indigenous supporters: the institutionalisation of ‘Wattie Creek’ relationships in the aboriginal service industry. The Wave Hill / Daguragu model: a template for Indigenous affairs?Lessons from Daguragu on ‘Self-determination.’ Men of Roper River: the contribution to Indigenous rights
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'Hunting Wave Hill' Research Project
Research PlanDate Semester Activity
Jan-June 2010 Year 1, Sem I Ethics Approval, Annotated Bibliography, Literature Review, Draft of initial chapter of creative work.
July-Dec 2010 Year 1, Sem II Apply for scholarship. Create research activity database, Oral History interviewing, archival research.
Jan-June 2011 Year 2, Sem I Research Proposal and presentation, Apply for PhD and research funding. Oral History interviews, draft of initial exegetical chapters.
July-Dec 2011 Year 2, Sem II Apply for scholarship. Archival research, Oral History Interviews, continued writing
Jan-June 2012 Year 3, Sem I Progress draft of thesis, conference presentation.
July-Dec 2012 Year 3, Sem II Submit draft of thesis
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