LibGuides: Engineering: Indigenous resources in ANU Library Collections on engineering topics

ANU Graduate Attribute - Insight into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ knowledges and Indigenous peoples’ perspectives (IP-GA)

Development of this content supports the ANU Graduate Attribute - Insight into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ knowledges and Indigenous peoples’ perspectives (IP-GA). Content that explicitly explores Indigenous ways of knowing relevant to the discipline.

Indigenous resources in ANU LIbrary Collections on engineering topics can be explored from the boxes below.

Indigenous engineering

Search the ANU Catalogue and SuperSearch with the following search terms to find books and articles and other resources on Indigenous topics in ANU Library Collections on engineering topics.

(machinery OR engineering OR mechanics OR building OR construction OR technology) AND (aborig* OR "australian aborig*" OR "aboriginal australian" OR "first nations" OR "australian indigenous" OR "indigenous australia*" OR indigenous OR "first nations" OR "torres strait" OR "torres strait islander")

A select list of ebooks is in the box below and click here for the full search results for books and ebooks and for a journal articles on the topic.

Indigenous engineering for an enduring culture by Prpic, Juliana Kaya, et al
Call Number: View online [ANU staff and students only]
Publication Date: 2022
For many millennia, Indigenous Australians have been engineering the landscape using sophisticated technological and philosophical knowledge systems in a deliberate response to changing social and environmental circumstances. These knowledge systems integrate profound understanding of country and bring together knowledge of the topography and geology of the landscape, its natural cycles and ecological systems, its hydrological systems and natural resources including fauna and flora.
Information Technology and Indigenous People by Dyson, Laurel Evelyn, et al
Call Number: View online [ANU staff and students only]
Publication Date: 2006
Indigenous people around the world are becoming more interested in information technology because they see it as a way to preserve their traditional cultures for future generations as well as a way to provide their communities with economic and social renewal.
Innovation : knowledge and ingenuity by McNiven, Ian et al
Call Number: View online [ANU staff and students only]
Publication Date: 2023
What do you need to know to prosper as a people for at least 65,000 years? The First Knowledges series provides a deeper understanding of the expertise and ingenuity of Indigenous Australians.
Bush Mechanics by Mandy Paul (Editor); Michelangelo Bolognese (Editor)
Call Number: Chifley DU125.W3 B87 2017
Publication Date: 2017
Cars are a central feature of life in remote Aboriginal communities. Far from spare parts and sophisticated tools, bush mechanics keep cars running with what is available in the bush, including mulga wood, spinifex and sand.