The aim of this proposal is the collation, archiving and
retrieval of digital resources on both Indigenous and
scientific knowledge of the western Arnhem Land Plateau.
The necessity for this project has arisen from the
multi-disciplinary work that has been conducted over the
past several years in the sandstone country of western
Arnhem Land. However, the outcomes of the project will have
direct potential for application to research and land
management of a far wider area.
Specifically, the aims are twofold:
1. To investigate and test procedures, processes and
standards by which digital resources in all media derived
from a very remote part of Australia can be archived within
the digital storage facilities at the Australian National
University. These include the ANU Digital Repository and the ANU
Super-computing Facility (ANUSF).
2. To determine and develop the tools and interfaces best
suited to the retrieval and representation of this data for
wide-ranging research use and access by remote communities.