Native Title Research Unit

Toni Bauman is a Visiting Research Fellow and an anthropologist, mediator facilitator and trainer. She has over twenty-five years experience in a wide range of Indigenous matters including land and native title claims, agreement-making, decision-making and dispute management processes, National Parks and Indigenous Protected Areas, government policy, art and craft, evaluation, social impact, feasibility studies and tourism. She has worked as a staff member and consultant for a range of organisations such as Land Councils, Native Title Representative Bodies, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, and the Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority in Darwin. Between 2003 and 2006, Toni ran the Indigenous Facilitation and Mediation Project in the NTRU.

Current Research Focus

Toni is currently working on native title authorisation issues and associated Indigenous decision-making processes, the management of connection materials by the States, Indigenous Protected Areas, comprehensive agreements and prescribed bodies corporate. She is also involved in advising the Federal Court on an Indigenous alternative dispute resolution case study project.

Recent Selected Publications & Reports

• Bauman, T. (2007). Nitmiluk is not an island: Balancing interests in managing Nitmiluk National Park: A Case Study. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies in association with the Australian Collaboration and the Poola Foundation (Tom Kantor fund).

• Bauman, T. and D Smyth. (2007). Indigenous Partnerships in Protected Area Management in Australia: Three case studies. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies in association with the Australian Collaboration and the Poola Foundation (Tom Kantor fund).

• Bauman, T. (2006). Final Report of the Indigenous Facilitation and Mediation Project July 2003-June 2006: research findings, recommendations and implementation. Indigenous Facilitation and Mediation Project. Report No. 6. Native Title Research Unit, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.

• Bauman, T. (2006) Aboriginal Darwin. A guide to important places in the past and in the present. Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra.

• Bauman, T. (2006).  'Nations and tribes ‘Within’: Emerging Aboriginal ‘Nationalisms’ in Katherine'. The Australian Journal of Anthropology 17(3):322-336.

• Sullivan, P. and T. Bauman. Eds. (2006). 'Delimiting Indigenous Cultures: Conceptual and Spatial Boundaries'. The Australian Journal of Anthropology. Special Issue 18.

• Bauman, T. (2006). 'Waiting for Mary: Process and Practice Issues in Negotiating Native Title Indigenous Decision-making and Dispute Management Frameworks'. Land, Rights, Laws: Issues of Native Title 3(6): 1-13. Native Title Research Unit, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.

• Bauman, T. and F. Kingham. (2006). Native title mediation: issues identified, lessons learnt: proceedings and findings of IFaMP workshops with native title mediators February and March 2005. Report No. 5. Native Title Research Unit, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.

• Bauman, T. (2005) Whose Benefits? Whose Rights? Negotiating rights and interests amongst native title parties. Land, Rights, Laws: Issues of Native Title. Native Title Research Unit Issues Paper. Vol. 3 No. 2.

• Bauman, T. and R. Williams (2005)The Business of Process: Research Issues in Managing Indigenous Decision-Making and Disputes in Land. Report No. 1. Indigenous Facilitation and Mediation Project, Native Title Research Unit, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra. (Formerly published as AIATSIS Research Discussion Paper No. 13)

• Indigenous Facilitation and Mediation Project and Capital Careers Pty Ltd. (2006)  Finding Training Solutions in Indigenous Decision-Making and Dispute Management: A resource for Native Title Representative Bodies. Native Title Research Unit, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra. (Download Part 1 in PDF format - 818kb Download Part 2 in PDF format - 889kb.)

• Indigenous Facilitation and Mediation Project and Social Compass. (2006) Evaluation Toolkit: Training and Service Delivery in Decision-Making and Dispute Management Processes in Native Title. Native Title Research Unit, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra

• Kingham, F. Bauman, T and M. Black. (2005) Report on Proceedings of Workshop of Native Title Mediators 15 and 16 March 2005. Indigenous Facilitation and Mediation Project, Native Title Research Unit, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra.

• Bauman, T. and R. Williams. (2004) Report on Native Title Representative Body Workshops: Directions, Priorities and Challenges. Indigenous Facilitation and Mediation Project.  Report No. 2.  Native Title Research Unit, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra.

• Bauman, T. (2002) 'Test 'im blood': Subsections and shame in Katherine’. Anthropological Forum 12(2): 205-20.

• Bauman, T. (2001) Shifting Sands. Towards an Anthropological Praxis. Oceania 71(3): 202-25.

A complete list of publications produced during the Indigenous Facilitation and Mediation Project can be found at the Research and Publications section of the Indigenous Facilitation and Mediation Project website.

To view items by Toni Bauman that are available through the AIATSIS Library Mura Catalogue please click here.

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