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Award-winning book utilises USQ staffer’s expertise
by Rhianwen Whitney 28 October 2015
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book co-authored by University of Southern Queensland (USQ) lecturer Raelene Ward has been praised for its excellence and innovation as an educational publication. Yatdjuligin: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nursing and Midwifery Care, edited by Professor Bronwyn Fredericks and Odette Best and, featured a range of contributors including Mrs Ward. The book won the 2015 Tertiary (Wholly Australian) Teaching and Learning Resource category in the prestigious annual Educational Publishing Awards. Two chapters, ‘Community controlled health services: What they are and how they work’ and
‘Researching with us, our way’, were co-authored by Mrs Ward. Mrs Ward, who works in USQ’s School of Nursing and Midwifery, said the book discussed the healthcare of Indigenous Australians using the vast knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health professionals. “This textbook contains the experiences of many Indigenous nurses, midwifes, mental health professionals and others,” Mrs Ward said. “We believe it’s the first textbook of its kind – it’s entirely from an Indigenous perspective.” Mrs Ward’s contributions covered research, as well as the history of Aboriginal medical services in Australia. “Within Australia we have Aboriginal Medical Services,
community controlled health organisations, which have been around since the early 1970s,” she said. “As it says in the book, it is difficult to understand the Aboriginal community controlled health sector of today without consideration of its complex history.” It’s a topic Mrs Ward knows well having spent years working in that space as a registered nurse and practice manager. Originally from Cunnamulla in south-west Queensland, Mrs Ward moved to Toowoomba to complete her nursing at USQ and graduated in 1997. She worked as a registered nurse and practice manager for years in a local Aboriginal medical service and is currently a lecturer of Indigenous Nursing at USQ.
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Mrs Ward said it was incredibly important to provide an Indigenous perspective to health and medical students. “I explain to my students that throughout their studies and career, they will care for many people in the community - some will have additional requirements about
culture, tradition, and even different understandings around health, therefore clinically preparing future nurses with the knowledge and skill to provide culturally appropriate nursing care is key,” she said. “Educations resources such as this textbook provide information, including historical background
imperative to understanding differences between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, communities, and therefore patients.” Yatdjuligin is from the dialect of the Wakgun Clan group of the Gureng Gureng Nation. It translates to ‘talking in a good way’.
NOTICE OF IMAN PEOPLE NATIVE TITLE AUTHORISATION MEETING The Applicants of the Iman #2 Native Title Claim have called an authorisation meeting for the following purposes: 1. 2. 3. 4.
Approve a draft S87 or a S87A order for a Determination of Native Title over the Iman #2 native title claim. Authorise the Wardingarri Aboriginal Corporation to hold Native Title in Trust for the Iman #2 and be the Registered Prescribed Body Corporate. Authorise an ILUA with Ergon Energy over the Iman #2 claim area. Authorise the following ILUA’s with pastoralists (maps of the ILUA area will be available at the meeting): Name of ILUA Iman People/Comely and Mapala ILUA
5. 6.
Pastoralist Party Consolidated Pastoral Company Pty Limited ACN 010 080 654 Iman People/Coorada ILUA Brian John Atkins Eion Evan Atkins Iman People/Glenhaughton ILUA Avon Ross Hamilton Carol Hamilton Nathan Jay Hamilton Iman People/Glenleigh ILUA Patrick Robert Scott Joan Marjorie Cogill William Robert Cogill Kathleen Ann Harrison Iman People/Korcha ILUA Owen Arthur William Price Brigid Ann Price Arthur William Price Gail Lorraine Price Iman People/Woodine ILUA Andrew Douglas Simmons Tracey Robin Simmons Narelle Effie Simmons Authorise a further Native Title Claim over the shaded area of the Map contained in this notice and authorise Applicants to prosecute the new claim. Authorise compensation claims for native title that has been extinguished over the Iman #2 claim area and the area of the new claim.
The arrangements for the meeting are as follows: Date
31 October 2015
Time
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Venue: Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Conference Centre, cnr Yeppoon Road & Bruce Highway North Rockhampton Only the descendants of the following Iman ancestors will be entitled to participate in the meeting: Mary Arwa, Jim Waterton, Ada Robinson, Maggie Palmtree, Lizzie Palmtree, Eliza Shields, Mary Ann (mother of Maggie Dunn), Fanny Waddy/Sandy, Dick Bundi/Bundai and Alice Dutton and the mother of John Serico (known as Aggie). Travel Assistance Assistance with travel will be provided only to those who register by 4.00pm on Monday 19 October 2015. Persons who registered but did not attend the previous authorization meeting of 14 September 2013 will not be eligible for assistance on this occasion. Please Contact Kylie on 0458 781 504 or 0481 151 750 to register for the meeting. Registration is from 8:00 am.
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