About
Kate van Wezel
The inclusion of women in fire management across remote Indigenous communities in northern Australia is the focus of Kate van Wezel’s PhD.
Kate’s work follows women in the Waanyi and Garawa country in the remote south west Gulf of Carpentaria in the Northern Territory, analysing their subordination in fire management practices. Working with these women in their communities, Kate has helped to design the Waanyi-Garawa woman ranger program and helped the rangers to produce a booklet documenting the process. The program allows women to build new skills and confidence through their ranger work and allows them to be able to participate fully in managing their Indigenous Protected Areas.
Her research is providing a case study of successful collaborative land management in
remote Indigenous Australia, and a gendered analysis of the caring for country movement as a strategy towards community resilience.
Kate is currently Women and Youth Coordinator for the Northern Land Council’s Caring for Country branch.
Student project
This research provides a case study of successful collaborative land management in remote Indigenous Australia, and a gendered analysis of the caring for country movement as a strategy towards community resilience. By employing resilience theory as a framework for analysis, this project contributes to the broader parent BNHCRC project “Enhancing remote north Australian community resilience”.
31 Aug 2020
Key findings: Ongoing dispersal shapes intercultural collaboration with women caring for sentient...
19 Sep 2018
In the remote southwest Gulf of Carpentaria, Waanyi and Garawa peoples have been experiencing...
12 Aug 2016
Waanyi-Garawa rangers in the remote south-west gulf of carpentaria have long awaited inclusion of...
18 Aug 2015
Culturally appropriate frameworks for Bushfire and Natural Hazards management are critical to...
Resources credited
Type | Released | Title | Download | Key Topics |
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Presentation-Slideshow | 17 Apr 2018 | Building community resilience in northern Australia |
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multi-hazard, Northern Australia, resilience |
Presentation-Audio-Video | 04 Apr 2016 | Kate van Wezel - towards culturally appropriate fire management |
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fire, indigenous communities, local knowledge |
HazardNoteEdition | 02 Feb 2016 | Research for better land management |
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fuel reduction, land management, prescribed burning |
07 Jul 2015 | Katherine van Wezel PhD Progress Report 2015 |
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