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Lyndon Ormond-Parker
Centre for Health and Society
Centre for Cultural Materials ConservationThe University of Melbourne
Identity and Culture
Maintain and Use Language
Maintain Kinship Ties
Relationship to Land and Waters
Aboriginal Art CentreLanguage and Cultural
CentresLand Councils and
Native Title BodiesLibraries and
MuseumsHistorical SocietiesIndigenous Knowledge
Centres (Digital Archives)
The Ara Iritija Project
Northern Territory Libraries (Community Stories)
The Mulka Project (Yolngu Archive & Production)
Elements of a Successful Digital Economy Government: lays the foundations for Australia's digital
infrastructure Government: facilitates innovation Government: sets conducive regulatory frameworks Industry: demonstrates business digital confidence and
builds digital skills Industry: adopts smarter use of technology to improve
our environmental sustainability Industry: develops sustainable online content models Community: enjoys digital confidence and media
literacy Community: experiences inclusive digital participation Community: benefits from online engagement
Technology changes and format shifting
Physical threats to local collections
Lack of IT ExpertiseFinancial constraintsData Loss
Maintain archives in regional and remote locations
Preservation and storage
Technical support and training
Expertise in archiving
Two thirds under 3049% aged under 20
years over two-thirds (68%)
of Indigenous people lived outside the major cities,
44% living in regional areas and
24% living in remote (Source: Australian
Bureau of Statistics)
Preservation of physical and digital archive collections for the intergenerational transference of knowledge
The digital economy offers relevance and importance for a growing up digital Indigenous population
Community based digital archives provide a range of cultural and social programs for engaging young people
IT and mobile technologies are an important delivery platform for content creation, distribution, viewing and the intergenerational transfer of knowledge
A National body to support local community sector
Specific government policy and funding to ensure;Management of physical and digital archivesTarget young people for engagement in the
IT sectorSupport the collection, creation and delivery
of contentSupport institutions to return digital archives
– film photos, manuscriptsCultural rights of Indigenous Australians are
incorporated into the development of the digital economy
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