Indigenous Australians Overcoming Vulnerability to Employability by Creating a Viable Labour Market for Local Challenges

Dr. Cecil A. L. Pearson, Mrs. Sandra Daff, Mr. Klaus Helms

Volume 14 Issue 2

Global Journal of Human-Social Science

AustralianIndigenouspeopleexperienceseverelabour market disadvantage due to constraints embedded intechnology,inclinationtowork,formaleducation,lackofjobexperienceaswellasgeographicfactors.Indigenousprecarious employment grows in prominence when there is anabsence of jobs and particularly in remote regions of Australiawhereintergenerationalunemploymentisthenorm.IntheremoteGovePeninsulaoftheNorthernTerritoryofAustraliamanyEnglishilliterateandinnumeratepeople,withoutpreviousemployment,haveovercomevulnerabilitytoemploymentbyengagingwithaneducationalvocationalschemeinanetworkingarrangementwithgovernmentagenciesandtheresident miningcorporationRioTinto.ThispapervoicestheIndigenousworkrelevantaccomplishmentsduringthetwoandonehalfyearsafterinstallmentoftheprogramme, that is grounded in the interests and sensitivity tocultural continuities of the local Yolngu people.