The ANU has entered into a collaborative partnership with the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and Macquarie Dictionary Publishers to produce a second edition of the Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia (Arthur and Morphy 2005). This seminar presents some preliminary maps on the Indigenous economy using the latest available data. The presentation will have a considerable focus on the maps that were not available for the first edition, but will document updated maps where available. For example detailed maps of the geographic distribution of Indigenous owner-managers of incorporated and unincorporated enterprises will be analysed. The presenters will reflect on the implications of the maps of the Indigenous economy for researchers and policy makers.

Biography

Professor Foley obtained his award-winning PhD in Indigenous Entrepreneurship from the Graduate School of Management, the University of Queensland. Dennis is of Australian Aboriginal descent (Gai-mariagal/Wiradjuri) working within the diverse disciplines of Aboriginal epistemology. A Fulbright Scholar and Endeavour Fellow he is best known in the space of Indigenous entrepreneurship and enterprise development working closely with Indigenous colleagues in Aotearoa and Canada resulting in successful research projects nationally and internationally together with advising several state and federal Ministers on Indigenous issues.

Boyd Hunter is IZA Research Fellow and Senior Fellow at the CAEPR. He is currently on the Expert Advisory Panel for the Try, Test and Learn Fund. Until recently, he was working on the Scientific Reference Group for the National Indigenous Clearinghouse. He has been the Managing Editor and Editor of the Australian Journal of Labour Economics and the Australian Journal of Social Issues. He is currently President of the Australian Society of Labour Economists. At last count, he had over 3700 scholarly citations for over 120 peer reviewed publications. In addition to his extensive engagement with labour economics and social policies debates, he has expertise in econometrics, economic history, geography, poverty analysis, and of course, Indigenous economic policy.