Mr Darryl Cronin

Overview

Darryl is also completing his PhD 'Dialogue and Social Change in Australia' the research examines whether dialogue is a useful process for negotiating Indigenous rights within Australia. The Australian state has its origins in the dispossession of Indigenous people where the discourse and practice of terra nullius has determined the relationship between Governments and Indigenous people. There has never been a comprehensive attempt to dismantle the colonial relationship and renegotiate a fair and just relationship with Indigenous people. Dialogue, broadly understood as a social and political practice, has been put forward as a method for identifying and solving difficult problems and for promoting a process of intercultural accommodation or understanding in Australia. The underlying premise of dialogue is that people learn to transform their thinking to discover new insights and in doing so change their behaviour.
Through my research I aim to examine how the theory and practice of dialogue might apply to a settler colonial context and whether it can create the space for Australians to deal with issues of justice and legitimacy. The research will look at the historical and contemporary relationship between Indigenous people and Australian Governments and also examine some historical and contemporary examples of attempted dialogue between Indigenous people and governments to identify a cross cultural framework which might assist political dialogue in Australia.
The PhD supervisors are Professor Paul Patton (School of History and Philosophy, FASS) and Dr Kylie Cripps (Faculty of Law)

Publications

Maddison, S., Cronin, D., Williams, S. and Coggan, R.(2009), ‘Democratic dialogue: finding the right model for Australia’ (PDF), Indigenous Policy and Dialogue Research Unit Discussion Paper No. 1, Indigenous Policy and Dialogue Research Unit, University of New South Wales.

Book chapters
Cronin D. (2007), 'Welfare dependency and mutual obligation: negating Indigenous sovereignty'; in Moreton-Robinson A., Indigenous sovereignty Matters, Allen and Unwin, NSW. ISBN 978174114747

Cronin D. (2003), 'Indigenous disadvantage, Indigenous governance and the notion of a treaty in Australia: an Indigenous perspective', in ATSIC/AIATSIS, Treaty... Let's Get It Right, AIATSIS, Canberra. ISBN 0855754338.

Unpublished
Cronin D. (2006), 'Native title agreement making and sustainable Indigenous communities', A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Law in Environmental Law, Macquarie University, Division of Law, Centre for Environmental Law.

Cronin D. (2003), 'Rethinking community development, resources and partnerships for Indigenous governance', presentation to the Indigenous Governance Conference, Jabiru, NT, 5-7 November.

Unpublished Consultancy Reports
The Kimberley Institute (2009), Report on the Kimberley Conversation (PDF), 10th and 11th February 2009 at Goolari Media Enterprise, Broome, WA.

Goldfields Land and Sea Council (2007), 'A review of GLSC future act agreements and an examination of sustainable agreement making for Indigenous communities', Research Report, Kalgoorlie, WA. April 2009

ATSIC. (2002), 'A report on the outcome of the ATSIC treaty information and awareness strategy in the Yilli Rreung, Garruk Jarru, Miwatj and Jabiru Regional Council Zones', A report of the ATSIC State Policy Centre (Darwin), October 2002.

Co-authorship
Crough G and Cronin D. (1996), 'Case studies and chapter on self-governance', in the Review of the Aboriginal Councils and Association Act 1976, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra, 1996.

Crough G and Cronin D. (1995), 'Aboriginal people and the Century Project: the "plains of promise" revisited?, in Kinhill Cameron McNamara Pty Ltd, The Century Project: Aboriginal Issues, Supplementary Report Draft Impact Assessment Report - Annexure A, August 1995.

Co-authorship Unpublished
Evans L, Cronin D., Doupe R, Hunt D, Lymbery A, McCullough C, Tsventnenko Y (2006), Rio Tinto Consultancy Report: Potential of pit lakes as a positive post mining option, Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Mine Lakes, Curtin University of Technology.

Cronin D. Smallacombe S, Bin-Sallik M. (2002), Submission to the House of Representative Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Inquiry into Capacity Building in Indigenous Communities. Faculty of Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander Studies and Centre for Indigenous Natural and Cultural Resource Management, Northern Territory University, Darwin, NT. 13 September.

Crough G. and Cronin D. (1997), Kakadu Region Economic and Institutional Overview Study, Final Report to the Aboriginal Project Committee, Kakadu Region Social Impact Study.