1. 'Hunting Wave Hill' Research Project
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'Hunting Wave Hill' Research Project

2. Hunting Wave Hill A research project by Charlie Ward
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A research project by Charlie Ward
Master of Arts in Creative Writing
Faculty of English
Flinders University, 2011

3. 'Hunting Wave Hill' Research Project
the tracks
present
past
'Hunting Wave Hill' Research Project

4. Hunting Wave Hill: Research Project
...lead to Wave Hill
Hunting Wave Hill: Research Project

5. Map courtesy of Colin Salter
Topic Summary
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6. Hunting Wave Hill: Research Project
Research Question
: what happened?
Current implications: personal; professional and policy?
Hunting Wave Hill: Research Project

7. Research Methodology Auto-ethnography Oral History
Thanks to the Woditj family of Palumpa
'Hunting Wave Hill' Research Project

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Rationale of Creative Work ... the more I uncovered about the ‘local’, the more I came to see the best way of explaining the ‘national’ was to focus on the ‘local’ (McKenna: 2002)
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'Hunting Wave Hill' Research Project

9. Rationale: Subjectivity, Race and Ethics
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'Hunting Wave Hill' Research Project
'Hunting Wave Hill' Research Project

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Rationale: exegesis
Ramifications for Indigenous policy formulation and antiracist support
'Hunting Wave Hill' Research Project

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Literature Review
and.....
Academic works
Archival material
Private correspondence
Oral histories
'Hunting Wave Hill' Research Project

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Thesis Outline Creative Work (60,000 words): Introduction (5,000 words). Part One: (20, 000 words). Part Two (20, 000 words): Part Three: (10, 000 words) Epilogue. (5, 000 words):   Elements of the Exegesis (five chapters of 8,000 words) The paradoxical role of government: resistance and dependence … the bureaucratic enablers Indigenous people and their non-Indigenous supporters: the institutionalisation of ‘Wattie Creek’ relationships in the aboriginal service industry. The Wave Hill / Daguragu model: a template for Indigenous affairs? Lessons from Daguragu on ‘Self-determination.’ Men of Roper River: the contribution to Indigenous rights
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'Hunting Wave Hill' Research Project

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 Research Plan
Date
Semester
Activity
Jan-June 2010
Year 1, Sem I
Ethics Approval, Annotated Bibliography, Literature Review, Draft of initial chapter of creative work.
July-Dec 2010
Year 1, Sem II
Apply for scholarship. Create research activity database, Oral History interviewing, archival research.
Jan-June 2011
Year 2, Sem I
Research Proposal and presentation, Apply for PhD and research funding. Oral History interviews, draft of initial exegetical chapters.
July-Dec 2011
Year 2, Sem II
Apply for scholarship. Archival research, Oral History Interviews, continued writing
Jan-June 2012
Year 3, Sem I
Progress draft of thesis, conference presentation.
July-Dec 2012
Year 3, Sem II
Submit draft of thesis
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