Summary of Successful Discovery Indigenous Proposals for Funding

Number of Successful Discovery Indigenous Proposals for Funding Commencing in 2014 by Primary FoR Division 040000 Earth Sciences 0406 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCE 1 040000 Earth Sciences 1 050000 Environmental Sciences 0501 ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 1 050000 Environmental Sciences 1 090000 Engineering 0907 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 1 090000 Engineering 1 110000 Medical and Health Sciences 1117 PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES 1 110000 Medical and Health Sciences 1 120000 Built Environment and Design 1205 URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING 1 120000 Built Environment and Design 1 130000 Education 1303 SPECIALIST STUDIES IN EDUCATION 1 130000 Education 1 200000 Language, Communication and Culture 2002 CULTURAL STUDIES 1 200000 Language, Communication and Culture 1 210000 History and Archaeology 2103 HISTORICAL STUDIES 3 210000 History and Archaeology 3 Total Number of Grants 10 Summary of Successful Discovery Indigenous Proposals for Funding Commencing in 2014 by Primary FoR Group 0406 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCE

The University of Melbourne

IN140100050 Fletcher, Dr Michael-Shawn

2014 $140,000.00 2015 $160,000.00 2016 $100,000.00

Total $400,000.00 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL Primary FOR 0406 GEOSCIENCE

Administering Organisation The University of Melbourne Project Summary El Niño events starve southeast Australia of rainfall, resulting in droughts and wildfires. El Niño activity is projected to amplify as global temperatures rise, heralding a serious threat to Australia's water security and the incidence and magnitude of wildfires. The key to understanding the potential effects of future changes in El Niño activity lies in the past. El Niño activity has varied substantially over the last 12,000 years. This project will reconstruct the response of southeast Australian climate, vegetation and fire activity to changes in El Niño activity over this period using lake sediments located in El Niño sensitive locations in Tasmania.

of 9 Summary of Successful Discovery Indigenous Proposals for Funding Commencing in 2014 by Primary FoR Group 0501 ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

The University of Sydney

IN140100025 Parker, Dr Laura M; Coleman, A/Prof Ross A; Ross, A/Prof Pauline M; Virtue, Dr Patti

2014 $216,000.00 2015 $212,000.00 2016 $165,000.00

Total $593,000.00 Primary FOR 0501 ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Funded Participants:

DIA3 Dr Laura M Parker

Administering Organisation The University of Sydney Project Summary This project will investigate the impact of environmental change on larval energetics of molluscs on the southeast (SE) coast of Australia. The SE coast of Australia is a climate hotspot characterised by rising ocean temperatures, fluctuations in salinity and we expect in the near future ocean acidification (OA). Mollusc larvae show extreme sensitivity to OA, but the impacts of other stressors remains unknown. It is predicted that OA will reduce the capacity of larvae to cope with temperature and salinity, particularly when food supply is low and in populations which have had no previous exposure to OA. Understanding the response of mollusc larvae to environmental change will support ecologically and economically significant mollusc populations over this century.

of 9 Summary of Successful Discovery Indigenous Proposals for Funding Commencing in 2014 by Primary FoR Group 0907 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

The University of New South Wales

IN140100011 Sharples, Dr Jason J; Sidhu, A/Prof Harvinder S

2014 $121,000.00 2015 $124,000.00 2016 $125,000.00

Total $370,000.00 Primary FOR 0907 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Administering Organisation The University of New South Wales Project Summary This project aims to improve understanding of the physical processes that cause eruptive bushfire behaviour, otherwise known as fire blow-up. Eruptive fire behaviour, characterised by rapid and unexpected escalation in fire intensity and rate of spread, is a global phenomenon that poses a major threat to fire-fighter safety and can seriously compromise bushfire suppression efforts. This project will address the role that terrain geometry plays in the incidence of fire eruption, through consideration of its effect on the attachment of flames to a surface. Expected outcomes include a dynamic fire spread modelling framework and the provision of better advice to bushfire authorities concerning fire blow-up.

of 9 Summary of Successful Discovery Indigenous Proposals for Funding Commencing in 2014 by Primary FoR Group 1117 PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES

The University of Newcastle

IN140100031 Lock, Dr Mark J; O'Mara, Dr Peter

2014 $263,359.00 2015 $255,234.00 2016 $216,033.00

Total $734,626.00 Primary FOR 1117 PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES

DIA2 Dr Mark J Lock

Administering Organisation The University of Newcastle Project Summary Does the integration of Aboriginal voices in governance processes of public health collaboratives influence equity of access in service delivery? Improving access to services is a key priority in order to improve the wellbeing of Aboriginal people. However there is no rigorous scientific evidence base driving current integration reforms. This project will use innovative methodologies (mathematical, visual, and vocal) which will lead to a performance indicator framework of the relationships between integration, collaboration, equity and access to services within a social model of health. This is a way to move from assessments of Aboriginal participation processes as 'bad, poor and no' to 'good, green and go'.

of 9 Summary of Successful Discovery Indigenous Proposals for Funding Commencing in 2014 by Primary FoR Group 1205 URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING

The University of Queensland

IN140100033 Go-Sam, Ms Carroll; Moran, Prof Mark F; Memmott, Prof Paul C; Hunter, Prof Jane L

2014 $180,000.00 2015 $180,000.00 2016 $170,000.00

Total $530,000.00 Primary FOR 1205 URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING

DIA2 Ms Carroll Go-Sam

Administering Organisation The University of Queensland Project Summary This project aims to analyse, quantify and improve our understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander housing needs. It will develop an innovative regional approach to needs assessment and housing procurement that considers cultural protocols, access to services, sustainable design and regional governance. By integrating qualitative and quantitative data, and comparing case studies from remote, rural and urban regions, this project will identify the most significant factors in different contexts and tailor solutions to optimise Indigenous housing outcomes. Expected outcomes include improved housing management, housing design, health and well-being of Indigenous communities and a reduction in crowding and homelessness.

of 9 Summary of Successful Discovery Indigenous Proposals for Funding Commencing in 2014 by Primary FoR Group 1303 SPECIALIST STUDIES IN EDUCATION

IN140100048 Evans, Dr John R; Light, Prof Dr Richard L

2014 $88,000.00 2015 $120,814.00 2016 $118,219.00

Total $327,033.00 Primary FOR 1303 SPECIALIST STUDIES IN EDUCATION

Administering Organisation The University of Sydney Project Summary Despite significant social disadvantage and alarming underachievement in educational outcomes, Indigenous Australians achieve remarkable success across a range of high profile sports. Indigenous Australians' achievement in sport is often explained as a result of inherited racial characteristics but, when seen as the result of a process of learning, it demands inquiry into how this learning occurs and what socio-cultural factors facilitate this. This project will identify the socio-cultural and pedagogical factors that encourage and enhance achieving excellence at the highest levels of sport as a process of learning.

of 9 Summary of Successful Discovery Indigenous Proposals for Funding Commencing in 2014 by Primary FoR Group 2002 CULTURAL STUDIES

The University of Western Australia

IN140100017 Collard, Prof Len; Scott, Prof Kim J; Hartley, Prof John; Lucy, Prof Niall

2014 $218,464.00 2015 $191,536.00 2016 $200,000.00

Total $610,000.00 Primary FOR 2002 CULTURAL STUDIES

Administering Organisation The University of Western Australia Project Summary This project will use the Noongar language to model and assess the extent to which minority languages can thrive by using globally accessible internet technologies. It will generate critical insights into the relations between knowledge, culture and technology and investigate how oral and informal knowledge sources can be accessed for a text-based website in the digital era. The outcomes of this project will include a greater understanding of how to link technology with users for community sustainability, as well as further insights into how social learning can be improved via interacting online networks.

of 9 Summary of Successful Discovery Indigenous Proposals for Funding Commencing in 2014 by Primary FoR Group 2103 HISTORICAL STUDIES

The Australian National University

IN140100010 Leane, Dr Jeanine A

2014 $180,543.00 2015 $197,558.00 2016 $180,169.00

Total $558,270.00 Primary FOR 2103 HISTORICAL STUDIES

DIA3 Dr Jeanine A Leane

Administering Organisation The Australian National University Project Summary The David Unaipon Award has fostered a rich lode of Aboriginal writing and is a vital site for the study of Aboriginal literature in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This project uses the Award to critically analyse Aboriginal writing and cultural expression in the historical and political context of post-bicentenary Australia. In 2014 the award reaches its 25th year. Now is the time to review and explore the established canon of Aboriginal literature. The book produced from this project will model an historically broader, more nuanced and culturally sensitive paradigm for reading, reviewing, engaging with and teaching Aboriginal literature in the twenty-first century.

2103 HISTORICAL STUDIES

IN140100036 Grieves, Dr Victoria L; Hughes, Dr Karen E; Elder, A/Prof Catriona

2014 $148,673.00 2015 $137,402.00 2016 $135,138.00

Administering Organisation The University of Sydney Project Summary Many thousands of mixed-race children were born in Australia due to a range of circumstances when more than one million allied troops were stationed here during the Second World War. These children are the embodied challenge to all of the nations involved, to provide the opportunity for a family background for identity and wellbeing. In seeking to understand the circumstances that brought them into the world, some have been able to resume relationships with family in the United States of America. This project will contribute to addressing the unanswered questions of these children by exploring the social contexts and interplays of gender and race in the extremities of wartime.

of 9 Summary of Successful Discovery Indigenous Proposals for Funding Commencing in 2014 by Primary FoR Group 2103 HISTORICAL STUDIES

Queensland University of Technology

IN140100046 Moreton-Robinson, Prof Aileen M; Walter, A/Prof Maggie M

2014 $108,000.00 2015 $122,000.00 2016 $112,000.00

Administering Organisation Queensland University of Technology Project Summary Since Federation, non-Indigenous people have produced material objects for the home depicting Aboriginal bodies, artefacts and designs and marketing these as the truly Australian look. Since the 1960s, Aboriginal people started to collect these material objects, defined as 'Aboriginalia'. This interdisciplinary project aims to examine Aboriginal collectors' representations of 'Aboriginalia'. This is the first study to examine Aboriginal collectors' representations of non-Indigenous historical depictions of Aboriginality within Australian material culture. The research and associated publications will explore the Aboriginal social life of material objects in historical perspective.