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The Papers of George Augustus Robinson, Chief Protector, Port Philip Aboriginal Protectorate, Volume Two : Aboriginal Vocabularies of South East Australia, 1839 - 1852

- Robinson, George Augustus

Authors: Robinson, George Augustus
Date: 2014
Type: Text , Book
Relation: Vol. 1
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Description: The Papers of George Augustus Robinson, Chief Protector, Port Phillip Aboriginal Protectorate, Volume Two: Aboriginal Vocabularies of South Eas Australia, 1839 - 1852 is a collection of Robinson's field notes and Aboriginal vocabularies collected from 1839 until 1852. According to Professor Barry J. Blake (La Trobe University): Robinson's collection of Aboriginal vocabularies from south-eastern Australia is perhaps the largest source of information on the languages of the area that we have, certainly it is the most varied. It covers practically every area of Victoria as well as some adjacent areas of South Australia and New South Wales. Indigenous people seeking to reclaim their languages and linguists working on these languages will now have for the first time easy access to the complete collection faithfully transcribed by Ian Clark. Robinson's corpus is extremely valuable and its publication represents a major contribution to the reclamation of the linguistic heritage of Australia. [From back cover]

Anzac journeys : returning to the battlefields of World War II

- Scates, Bruce, McCosker, Alexandra, Reeves, Keir, Wheatley, Rebecca, Williams, Damien

Authors: Scates, Bruce , McCosker, Alexandra , Reeves, Keir , Wheatley, Rebecca , Williams, Damien
Date: 2013
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Description: Australians have been making pilgrimages to the battlefields and cemeteries of World War Two since the 1940s, from the jungles of New Guinea and South-East Asia to the mountains of Greece and the deserts of North Africa. They travel in search of the stories of lost loved ones, to mourn the dead and to come to grips with the past. With characteristic empathy, Bruce Scates charts the history of pilgrimages to Crete, Kokoda, Sandakan and Hellfire Pass. He explores the emotional resonance that these sites have for those who served and those who remember. Based on surveys, interviews, extensive fieldwork and archival research, Anzac Journeys offers insights into the culture of loss and commemoration and the hunger for meaning so pivotal to the experience of pilgrimage. Richly illustrated with full-colour maps and photographs from the 1940s to today, Anzac Journeys makes an important and moving contribution to Australian military history.

Ethics in youth sport : Policy and pedagogical applications

- Harvey, Stephen, Light, Richard

Authors: Harvey, Stephen , Light, Richard
Date: 2013
Type: Text , Book
Relation: Routledge studies in physical education and youth sport
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Description: The influence of professional, adult sport on youth sport is now a global concern. Children are involved in high-stakes competitive sport at national and international levels at an increasingly young age. In addition, the use of sport as a medium for positive youth development by governments and within the community has fuelled ambitious targets for young people's participation in sport at all levels. In this important study of ethical issues in and around youth sport, leading international experts argue for the development of strong ethical codes for the conduct of youth sport, and for effective policy and pedagogical applications to ensure that the positive benefits of sport are optimized and the negative aspects diminished.

Game sense: Pedagogy for performance, participation and enjoyment

- Light, Richard

Authors: Light, Richard
Date: 2013
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Description: Game Sense is an exciting and innovative approach to coaching and physical education that places the game at the heart of the session. It encourages the player to develop skills in a realistic context, to become more tactically aware, to make better decisions and to have more fun. Game Sense is a comprehensive, research-informed introduction to the Game Sense approach that defines and explores key concepts and essential pedagogical theory, and that offers an extensive series of practical examples and plans for using Game Sense in real teaching and coaching situations

Generation and gender in academia

- Bagilhole, Barbara, White, Kate

Authors: Bagilhole, Barbara , White, Kate
Date: 2013
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Description: The first cross-cultural analysis of the differences in career trajectories and experiences between a senior group of women academics and a younger group who are at early and mid-career stages. Major themes in the autobiographical stories of these women were national context; organisational context; family, class and location; and agency. © Barbara Bagilhole and Kate White 2013. Individual chapters, Respective authors 2013. All rights reserved.

Goulburn River Aboriginal Protectorate : a history of the Goulburn River Aboriginal Protectorate Station at Murchison Victoria, 1840-1853.

- Clark, Ian

Authors: Clark, Ian
Date: 2013
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Description: "The central station of the Goulburn River Aboriginal Protectorate District at what is now Murchison, which operated from 1840 until 1853, is a significant post-contact Aboriginal site on the Goulburn River. It was the focus of interaction between Aboriginal communities, particularly the Daungwurrung, Ngurai-illam wurrung, and Yorta Yorta peoples, government officials and settlers during the early years of contact in the Port Phillip District. The site continued to hold significance to Aboriginal people after the 1850s, linking pre- and post-contact histories and geographies. Through a meticulous analysis of official correspondence and other protectorate records, private journals, and reminiscences, this study reveals that the Murchison locality is one of the most important historic Aboriginal places in regional Victoria. " --cover.

Older workers in an ageing society : Critical topics in research and policy

- Taylor, Philip

Authors: Taylor, Philip
Date: 2013
Type: Text , Book
Relation: Globalization and Welfare
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Description: This insightful study provides an overview of the changing employment context in industrialized nations, the risks associated with population ageing and how these are being tackled. Prolonging working lives is high on the agenda of policymakers in most of the world's major industrialized nations. This book explains how they are keen to tackle issues associated with the ageing of populations, namely the funding of pension systems and predictions concerning a dwindling labour supply. Yet the recent history of older workers has primarily been one of premature exit from the labour force in the form of redundancy or early retirement. Add to this a previously plentiful supply of younger labour and it is clear that much of industry will be inprepared for the challenges of ageing workforces.

Privacy in participatory sensing systems

- Sabrina, Tishna, Murshed, Manzur

Authors: Sabrina, Tishna , Murshed, Manzur
Date: 2013
Type: Text , Book chapter , Book
Relation: Network and Traffic Engineering in Emerging Distributed Computing Applications. Chapter 6. pg 124-143
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Description: Participatory sensing is a revolutionary new paradigm where ordinary citizens voluntarily sense their environment using readily available sensor devices such as mobile phones and systematically study, and then reflect on and share this information using existing wireless networks. It provides data collection, processing, and dissemination opportunities for socially-responsible applications spanning environmental monitoring, intelligent transportation, and public health, which are often not cost-viable using dedicated sensing infrastructure. The uniqueness of the participatory sensing system lies in its data communication infrastructure which is constituted by the deliberate participation of community people. However, the potential lack of privacy of the participants in such system makes it harder to ensure their voluntary contribution. Thus preserving privacy of the individuals contributing data has introduced a key challenge in this area. On the other hand, data integrity is desired imperatively to make the service trustworthy and user-friendly. Different interesting approaches have been proposed so far to protect privacy that will encourage participation of the owners of data sources in turn.

Teaching higher education courses in further education colleges

- Atkins, Liz

Authors: Atkins, Liz
Date: 2013
Type: Text , Book
Relation: Achieving QTLS series
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Description: As the number of higher education (HE) courses offered in further education (FE) settings increases, so does the need for teachers and trainee teachers to develop their teaching skills. This text is written for all teachers and trainee teachers in FE. It considers what it means to teach HE in FE and how an HE environment can be created in an FE setting. The text covers day-to-day aspects of teaching including planning and assessment, giving guidance on the unique needs of HE students. Chapters on research and quality assurance support the reader in developing some advanced teaching skills. This is a practical guide for FE teachers and trainee teachers as the sector adapts to the needs of education today

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