Elizabeth Ganter, a public servant and academic, lived and worked in the Northern Territory for over 25 years. It draws upon historical material and interviews with 76 current and former Aboriginal senior officials which I carried out in Darwin, Alice Springs and other Northern Territory locations in Elizabeth Ganter Elizabeth Ganter, a public servant and academic, lived and worked in the Northern Territory for over 25 years. Many described themselves as role models for other Aborigines. She wrote Reluctant Representatives: Aboriginal senior officials in the self-governing Northern Territory Project overview This project is a PhD thesis concerning Aboriginal representation in the Northern Territory Government.

Copyright Disclaimer Privacy Freedom of information. Value their knowledge and connections. While not all of my interviewees saw themselves as representing other Aboriginal people, it is an important finding that they described their contributions to the public service with reference to an Aboriginal interest wider than their own whether or not they were working in an Aboriginal policy or program. Preliminary findings Aboriginal participation in the Northern Territory administration can be traced to the days of Commonwealth control. Many Aboriginal public servants feel they are under-recognised and under-valued, according to recent research by the Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre.

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Some meant, by this, encouraging their own families and communities to conform to an ideal of good citizenship by seeking their compliance with the delivery of government services.

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It draws upon historical material and interviews with 76 current and former Aboriginal senior officials which Thdsis carried out in Darwin, Alice Springs and other Northern Territory locations in What is this absence and how do Aboriginal senior officials individually and collectively participate in making it present in the Northern Territory bureaucracy?

Many described themselves as role models for other Aborigines. Dr Elizabeth Ganter Mobile: View the latest ANU Press catalogue. But it was not until the time of the transfers of Northern Territory self-government in the s that Aboriginal employee numbers were assessed against the proportion of Aborigines in the Northern Territory and found slizabeth.

Copyright Disclaimer Privacy Freedom of information. While her research focused on the Northern Territory Government, Dr Ganter says her findings are applicable to any public institution seeking Indigenous participation. Her question suggests tensions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders who have accepted the long-standing invitation to join the ranks of the public service.

This is a study of Aboriginal representation in the administration of the Northern Territory before and since self-government. It draws upon historical material and interviews with 76 current and former Aboriginal senior officials which I carried out in Darwin, Alice Springs and other Northern Territory locations in Aboriginal senior officials in the self-governing Northern Territory.

ANU Press is a globally recognised leader in open-access academic publishing. Through its various Aboriginal employment policies over the decades since self-government, the Northern Territory Government has continued to seek out and to seek to demonstrate publicly the administrative presence of Aborigines.

Elizabeth Ganter Elizabeth Ganter, a public servant and academic, lived and worked in the Northern Territory for over 25 years. While not all of my interviewees saw themselves as representing other Aboriginal people, it is an important finding that they described their contributions to the public service with reference to an Aboriginal interest wider than their own whether or not they were working in an Aboriginal policy or program.

This is a study of Aboriginal representation in the administration of the Northern Territory before and since self-government. She wrote Reluctant Representatives: While not all of my interviewees saw themselves as representing other Aboriginal people, it is an important finding that they described their contributions to the public service with reference to an Aboriginal interest wider than their own whether or not they were working in an Aboriginal policy or program.

Aboriginal senior officials in the self-governing Northern Territory. Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre www.

One comment, from a senior public servant, stood out in particular to Dr Ganter.

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Through its various Aboriginal employment policies over the decades since self-government, the Northern Territory Government has continued to seek out and to seek agnter demonstrate publicly the administrative presence of Aborigines.

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Skip to main content. Elizabeth Ganter, a public servant and academic, lived and worked in the Northern Territory for over 25 years. But it was not until the time of the transfers of Northern Territory self-government in the s that Aboriginal employee numbers were assessed against the proportion of Aborigines in the Northern Territory and found wanting.

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Representation is said to make something present which is absent. Preliminary findings Aboriginal participation tuesis the Northern Territory administration can be traced to the days of Commonwealth control.

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Representation is said to make something present which is absent. Reluctant Representatives gives us a rare glimpse into the working world of the individuals behind the Indigenous public sector employment statistics.

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