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dc.contributor.authorPearson, Cecil
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T10:32:24Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T10:32:24Z
dc.date.created2013-03-17T20:00:33Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationPearson, Cecil A.L. 2012. Australian councils unelected by the citizens in an Indigenous setting: The case of Nhulunbuy in the Northern Territory. Australian Journal of Public Administration. 71 (3): pp. 278-289.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3559
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1467-8500.2012.00784.x
dc.description.abstract

Within the Australian democratic nation there are towns where the citizens are governed by administrations that have not been democratically elected by the residents. These unique residential centres are termed ‘special purpose towns’ that can be transformed to a permanent community governed by a democratic structure through a process termed normalisation. This paper examines the special purpose mining town of Nhulunbuy in the Northern Territory of Australia, which is on the cusp of the normalisation process. The paper outlines the similarities and differences of local government roles and responsibilities with Australian towns or shires that have publicly elected executive members. How Indigenous people are facilitating the normalisation of Nhulunbuy, through cultural perceptions of opportunity, is discussed. A concluding focus challenges well established conventional frameworks endorsing the roles of governments and miners in the normalisation phenomenon.

dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Asia P/L
dc.subjectmining
dc.subjectIndigenous
dc.subjectspecial purpose towns
dc.subjectnormalisation
dc.subjectAustralia councils
dc.titleAustralian councils unelected by the citizens in an Indigenous setting: The case of Nhulunbuy in the Northern Territory
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume71
dcterms.source.number3
dcterms.source.startPage278
dcterms.source.endPage289
dcterms.source.issn0313-6647
dcterms.source.titleAustralian Journal of Public Administration
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