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dc.contributor.authorPearson, Cecil
dc.contributor.authorHelms, K.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T10:33:53Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T10:33:53Z
dc.date.created2011-04-19T20:01:22Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationPearson, Cecil A.L. and Helms, Klaus. 2011. Indigenous entrepreneurship in timber furniture manufacturing: The Gumatj venture in Northern Australia. Information Management and Business Review. 2 (1): pp. 1-11.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3761
dc.description.abstract

Despite commitment by the Australian Government to improve the economic independence of Indigenous people Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders they are the most socio economic disadvantaged group relative to other Australians. This commitment manifests in the four main strands of; 1) welfare, 2) installation of the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) scheme, 3) legislation enabling Traditional Land Owners and miners to negotiate agreements for training and employment of Indigenous people, and 4) programmes to encourage Indigenous entrepreneurship. This paper reports an Australian Indigenous entrepreneurial business (furniture making) initiated by the Gumatj clan of the Yolngu people in East Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory (NT) of Australia. These Indigenous people are employed in timber milling and transporting the milled timber to Gunyangara on the Gove Peninsula where it is dried and used to make furniture. Overcoming the literature documented barriers to Australian Indigenous entrepreneurship compelled the Gumatj to develop a business model with potential to foster pathways for other Indigenous small business endeavours.

dc.publisherInternational Foundation for Research and Development
dc.subjectFurniture manufacturing
dc.subjectEntrepreneurship
dc.subjectIndigenous
dc.subjectAustralia
dc.subjectAboriginal
dc.titleIndigenous entrepreneurship in timber furniture manufacturing: The Gumatj venture in Northern Australia
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume2
dcterms.source.number1
dcterms.source.startPage1
dcterms.source.endPage11
dcterms.source.issn2220 3796
dcterms.source.titleInformation Management and Business Review
curtin.departmentSchool of Management
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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