Essential Aboriginal Insights:
The guide book for anyone involved in Closing the Gaps in Australia
Are you looking to connect with local Indigenous groups, Aboriginal Communities or Traditional Owners and not sure of the correct protocols? (and don’t want to offend anyone?)
Remove assumptions, demystify myths and learn how to build two-way relationships for engaging and consultation with First Nations peoples.
For orders over 10 books, or international orders, please contact us directly via jolleen@aboriginalinsights.com.au.
About This Book
“My hope is that every Australian has a copy of this book so that every Australian is empowered with the minimum learning required to positively impact the spaces of Reconciliation and Closing Gaps. Collectively, we have a responsibility that we are failing to deliver on. We are failing to eliminate racism from our country; dismantle the racist structures, systems, processes, institutions, and discrimination that still here today; and we are failing to preserve Australian Cultures and Heritage. I want this book to be a way to empower Australians with the confidence to walk together respectfully and successfully.”
This Book will also be a bible guide to many people involved in any capacity with Aboriginal people – from Government employees involved in Aboriginal Affairs to people involved in health and education to the Corporate Sector with Native Title Agreements or Reconciliation Action Plans in place to Non-Government Organisations involved in Closing Gaps that exist between Aboriginal & Non-Aboriginal Australians.
JOLLEEN HICKS
Founder of Aboriginal Insights, and Ngarluma-Aboriginal woman from Roebourne
Who is this Book for?
This book is a guide to anyone involved with Aboriginal people or their communities. This includes anyone involved in Government with an exposure to Aboriginal Affairs; anyone involved in Closing Gaps for Aboriginal People in relation to health, education, or employment; anyone in the Corporate sector that are involved in Reconciliation, Diversity and Inclusion or Native Title; anyone involved in the delivery of services or programs targeted at Aboriginal people; anyone who is committed to building respectful relationships with Aboriginal people and their Communities; and anyone that simply wants to better understand the diversity and cultural differences of Aboriginal Communities.
Why is this Book important?
The learning that is shared in this book is not accessible from any education institution or system. The learning comes from working with and for Aboriginal people from within the Aboriginal Cultural World. If you are genuinely and authentically committed to achieving positive outcomes for Aboriginal people, then you will appreciate and respect the advice and guidance offered through this book.
A Brief Overview
Some of the important topics covered in this Book are:
- Assumptions made about Aboriginal Communities
- Research (on historical events and issues specific to a community)
- Phases of Consultation, Engagement Methods or Engagement Event
- Building Respectful Relationships, and
- Insights on the Aboriginal Cultural World
Purchase the Book and Close the Gaps
After 10 years of the Close the Gap Strategy, we are only on track to meet 1 out of the 7 targets. We are not closing these gaps for lack of money or people. This issue lies in our approach to understanding Aboriginal people and their Communities. To Close the Gaps for Aboriginal Peoples, we need to commit to Closing our own Gap with respect to understanding the people we need to help/ assist/ empower. My Book is my response to the lack of training and guidance offered by the Mainstream education system. My Book shares my learnings from Aboriginal people and the cultural world that governs them.
About Jolleen Hicks
Jolleen Hicks, the second child of Joan was born in Wickham, Western Australia (Ngarluma country) and grew up in Roebourne. The community she grew up in is well known for mostly the wrong reasons. It has a difficult relationship with the media, making the news mostly for negative reasons. However, the stories that are mostly missed are the stories of great strength and resilience. Her strong interest in Aboriginal issues developed when she was at university, but her desire to have a voice that was heard came much later after she returned home to Roebourne. Jolleen graduated with a Bachelor of Law from the University of WA in April 2006 at age 23. Jolleen started Aboriginal Insights in 2016, and in 2017, her beautiful daughter, Lucy, was born inspiring her to create this book. Jolleen wants to build respectful awareness of the amazing diversity of Aboriginal Australia and reach people with knowledge about the beautiful Aboriginal culture that her daughter will come to appreciate in the future.
This Book will also be a bible guide to many people involved in any capacity with Aboriginal people – from Government employees involved in Aboriginal Affairs to people involved in health and education to the Corporate Sector with Native Title Agreements or Reconciliation Action Plans in place to Non-Government Organisations involved in Closing Gaps that exist between Aboriginal & Non-Aboriginal Australians.
Jolleen hicks
Founder of Aboriginal Insights, and Ngarluma-Aboriginal woman from Roebourne
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Acknowledgement of Country
I recognise and acknowledge that we live on Aboriginal lands in Australia. I pay my respects to the many separate Aboriginal peoples and their cultures of the lands of this country. I am grateful to yours and my old people for their strength, resilience and survival, so that present and future generations can continue to walk these lands with pride.
I personally recognise my Elders and thank them for their courage, strength, and spirit that they continue to walk with to inspire us younger ones.
My work through Aboriginal Insights is about supporting and empowering respect for Aboriginal people and cultures from across Australia.