Sarah Prout is a Post-doctoral Fellow at CAEPR working as part of an inter-disciplinary research team on a 'Populations Project' funded by the Ministerial Council for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs (MCATSIA). The project examines a number of aspects of contemporary Indigenous demography, and the policy implications of demographic change.

Sarah's disciplinary background is in Human Geography and applied research. Her work to date has focussed on Aboriginal spatiality, and the delivery of basic social services to Indigenous populations. Her research interests include:

• The spatial, temporal, demographic, and socio-cultural characteristics of Indigenous mobility practices in Australia and other settler-states.
• The development of relevant, reliable and representative indicators of Indigenous well-being for reporting, monitoring and planning purposes.
• The geographies of urban-based Indigenous populations.
• The nexus between research, policy, and practice.
  

Journal Papers

Prout, S. 2009. 'Policy, practice and the 'revolving classroom door': Examining the relationship between Aboriginal spatiality and the mainstream education system', Australian Journal of Education, 53 (1): 39-53.

Prout, S. 2009. 'Security and belonging: reconceptualising Aboriginal mobilities in Yamatji country, Western Australia', Mobilities, 4 (2): 177-202.

Prout, S. 2009. 'Vacuums and veils: Engaging with statistically 'invisible' Indigenous population dynamics', Geographical Research, 47 (4): 408-421.

Prout, S. and Howitt, R. 2009. 'Frontier imaginings and subversive Indigenous spatialities', Journal of Rural Studies, 25 (4): 396-403.

Prout, S. 2005. Book review: population mobility and Indigenous peoples in Australasia and North America, Progress in Human Geography, 29 (12), p. 805-807.

Prout, S. 2004. Deconstructing consultative frameworks: the case of staff housing provision in Burringurrah, Western Australia. Australian Geographer, 35 (3), pp. 95-110.  

Mitton, C., and Prout, S. 2004. Setting priorities in the south west of Western Australia: where are we now? Australian Health Review, 28 (3), pp. 301-310.

 

Conference/Seminar/Workshop Presentations

Prout, S. 2009. 'Windows onto Indigenous temporary mobility: lessons from the West Kimberley', paper presented at FaCHSIA's annual Social Policy Research Workshop, 30 November - 1 December, Canberra, Australia.

Prout, S. 2009. 'Connections and disconnections: Indigenous temporary mobility in urban environments', paper presented at the Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Studies Conference, 29 September - 1 October, Canberra, Australia.

Prout, S. 2009. 'Numbers and nomads: a critical evaluation of the myths and measures of Indigenous temporary mobility in Australia', paper presented at the 3^rd Triennial Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 8-12 March, Ottawa, Canada.

Biddle, N. and Prout, S. 2008. 'The structure and dimensions of Indigenous migration and mobility', Presentation to the Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination (OIPC) Policy Think Tank Series, 22 August, Canberra, ACT.

Prout, S. 2008. 'Security and belonging: Reconceptualising Aboriginal spatial mobility in Yamatji country, Western Australia', Paper presented to the ANU Anthropology Seminar Series, 7 May, Canberra, ACT.

Prout. S. 2008. '"It's all just anecdotal": Can qualitative research inform Indigenous public policy?' Paper presented at the 14^th Biennial Australian Population Association Conference, 1-4 July, Alice Springs, Northern Territory.

Prout, S. and Biddle, N. 2008. 'On the move? Contemporary Indigenous demography and spatiality in Australia', Paper presented at the Aboriginal Population in Transition: demographic, sociological and epidemiological dimensions workshop, 17-18 October, University of Alberta, Canada.

Prout, S. 2007. Vacuums and veils: engaging with statistically 'invisible' Indigenous population dynamics. Paper presented at the Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Conference, October, Australian National University, Canberra. 

Prout, S. 2006. Aboriginal population mobility and the provision of essential government services: experiences from Yamatji country, Western Australia. Paper presented at the Sustainable Indigenous Communities National Conference, Murdoch University, Perth.

Prout, S. 2006. Spaces of belonging:  reconceptualising Aboriginal spatial mobility in Yamatji country, Western Australia. Paper presented at the American Association of Geographers Conference, March, Chicago.

Prout, S. 2004. Gone walkabout? Reconceptualising contemporary Aboriginal spatial mobility in rural and remote Australia. Paper presented at the Institute of Australian Geographers Conference, Adelaide.

 

Consultancy Reports

Prout, S. 2007. The Wiluna socio-economic analysis (SEA) project brief. Report prepared for the Shire of Wiluna and the Department of Local Government and Regional Development, Perth: Western Australia.

Prout, S. 2007. The Wiluna SEA Phase Two briefing paper. Report prepared for the Shire of Wiluna and the Department of Local Government and Regional Development, Perth: Western Australia. 

Prout, S. 2003. 'Staff recruitment and retention in Meekatharra,' in: Community Health and Wellbeing in the Murchison Region (eds) Tonts, M. and Lockhart, C. Combined Universities Centre for Rural Health and School of Earth and Geographical Sciences, The University of Western Australia

Prout, S. 2002. Together but separate: the delivery of housing in remote Aboriginal Communities. Report prepared for Ove Arup Pty Ltd. Remote Area Essential Services Program.