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"Dispossession & Health - A Case Study" Geoffrey Angeles (biography)
English - 2006-11-13 - 34 minutes
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Summary :
Geoffrey (“Jacko”) Angeles BAppSc, is a Kungarakan/Gurindji man and he is a traditional owner of the Finnis River Land Trust. Geoffrey is an Indigenous Research Officer at the Menzies School of Health Research, but is better known in Darwin and beyond for his passion for fishing and preparing “bush tucker” on the ABC’s Indigenous arts program Message Stick. He started working at Menzies School of Heath Research in Darwin in April 1994. In 2005, he was the winner of the first Dr Ross Ingram Memorial Essay Competition awarded by the Medical Journal of Australia with his outstanding essay entitled “Fish traps —a significant part of our health and wellbeing. Fish traps tells the story of a traditional fishing method, now outlawed in the author’s home town of Darwin. But it is about much more — obesity, diabetes, heart disease, delinquency, substance abuse and other health and social problems abound among his people. Geoffrey’s talk will centre around the impact of the mining industry and other intrusions into traditional lands on the health of the Australian indigenous community. Today there is a national focus on obesity, unhealthy diet, substance misuse, etc, which leads to a range of chronic illnesses, almost as if it is groundbreaking news! While this may be the case for the young, it is not news for many middle-aged and elderly people who once had and practised healthy lifestyles —but had them disrupted in some way. Also, if we were to turn back the clock, or gather data from yesterday, the answer or solution to many of today’s chronic health ailments such as type 2 diabetes may lie in waiting”. The commercial fishing industry, tourist development and infrastructure, a massive gas pipeline project, mining, pollution and pumping effluent into waterways and coastal areas have made hunting and gathering of fish and other marine edibles much harder. However, there are still some small pockets of undisturbed areas where some healthy traditional practices of yesterday can be resurrected. The hope is that these delicate areas can remain undisturbed and protected from development.
Learning objectives :
After viewing this presentation the participant will be able to discuss:
- The impact of life changes on the health the aboriginal people.
- The impact of mining on nature and the lives of the aboriginal people
- The effects of banning fish traps on the health of the aboriginal people
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