Want to study?
You can apply for a grant to study natural and cultural resource
management through NAILSMA. Contact Lisa Binge, (details at the end
of the page) for an information package. Or go to our page on Study
Assistance. Below are stories from people already studying in this
area.
Cape York
by Desley Rosas
Desley Rosas
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I am a Tableland Yidinji woman from Far North Queensland and come
from a family of eight sisters and four brothers. My mother is a
Bar Barrum woman and my dad is Tableland Yidinji also. I have a
daughter 16 years old and also take care of my nephew Joseph who
lives with us.
This year on top of my studies, I have consulted and surveyed with
land owners in Papua New Guinea on the impacts of mining on women.
I have also been involved with an Earthwatch project which
consisted of monitoring and tagging Hawksbill Turtles on Millman
Island which is in the Great Barrier Reef area.
I am currently employed at Sustainable Solutions Consulting Pty
Ltd. dealing in environmental and community issues. My latest
project that I have just completed was the Language Retrieval
Project for the Bar Barrum Traditional Owners. I am hoping to do
the same project with other local and regional traditional owners
as well.
Central Australia
by Dennis Austin
I originate from South Australia. I belong to the Adnyamanthya
people in the Flinders Ranges. I worked on stations for many years
in Northern Territory, South Australia and Queensland. I have lived
in Alice Springs for two years and prior to that in the Kimberley.
I have been studying my Bachelor of Applied Science (Natural,
Cultural Resource Management) through Batchelor Institute since
July 2004. I am enjoying my studies and look forward to working in
the area of land management.
I am also working part time with parks and Wildlife in Alice
Springs which helps me put the theory into practice. It has been a
juggling game with a young child, fulltime study and work but I
believe it will all be worth it when I complete my Degree in 2006!
Top End
by Samara Erlandson
My name is Samara Erlandson I was born in Adelaide, South
Australia, and grew up in Darwin. I am of Yawuru heritage from my
mother’s side and Arrente heritage from my father’s
side.
I enrolled in the Bachelor of Business initially and completed two
years of the three-year degree. However, I deferred for a year when
my first son was born. In that time I decided that I wanted my
studies to have a more north Australia focus, because I wanted to
have a greater understanding of how development and management of
land and waters has occurred and is currently occurring in northern
Australia. So I transferred to the Bachelor of Resource Management.
I graduated from the Bachelor of Resource Management in 2005 at
Charles Darwin University. After graduating I began a graduate
traineeship with the Northern Territory Government.
My continuing interest in resource management of Northern Australia
has drawn me back to part-time study in 2006 to commence a Graduate
Diploma in GIS, which should complement what I have done so far.
