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"""Dr Roberts' views are very broadly balanced because he cares both professionally and personally. His concern for the realism of management of culture in the future to continue to be authentic is genuine; for people of all cultures to manage their issues and cultural knowledge in the way their profound learnings have taught them. True culture brings balance in a way that our children of the future can feel free, affected by their cultural learning in a positive way, with great pride and dignity, that will always have a 'genuine fit within our changing world' because as Australians we are one and, we are many. Thank you always for your genuine caring through the important and clear messages within your big picture presentations. It would be sad if Indigenous students and staff did not study your positive, balanced Indigenous texts."" Jeannie Aileen Little, ""Gaarkamunda"" OAM ""Brian has done us a great favour with his observations of Aboriginal affairs. It is refreshing to read writing straight from the heart, without any axe to grind or agenda to push. He not only gets you thinking, but thinking in new ways. And new ways of thinking on Aboriginal affairs is precisely what we need."" Dr Anthony Dillon, Australian Catholic University ""Dr Roberts has an extraordinary capacity to grasp and hold onto the big picture while conducting a forensic examination of every facet of the Aboriginal debate. He writes with empathy to distinguish between the urban Aborigines and those who remain isolated and basically culturally unchanged, while highlighting the difficulties the Aboriginal cause has in speaking with one voice for constitutional change, recognition, equity and advancement."" Alec Lucke, Road to Exploitation: Political Capture by Mining in Queensland"

Dr Roberts' views are very broadly balanced because he cares both professionally and personally. His concern for the realism of management of culture in the future to continue to be authentic is genuine; for people of all cultures to manage their issues and cultural knowledge in the way their profound learnings have taught them. True culture brings balance in a way that our children of the future can feel free, affected by their cultural learning in a positive way, with great pride and dignity, that will always have a 'genuine fit within our changing world' because as Australians we are one and, we are many. Thank you always for your genuine caring through the important and clear messages within your big picture presentations. It would be sad if Indigenous students and staff did not study your positive, balanced Indigenous texts. Jeannie Aileen Little, Gaarkamunda OAM Brian has done us a great favour with his observations of Aboriginal affairs. It is refreshing to read writing straight from the heart, without any axe to grind or agenda to push. He not only gets you thinking, but thinking in new ways. And new ways of thinking on Aboriginal affairs is precisely what we need. Dr Anthony Dillon, Australian Catholic University Dr Roberts has an extraordinary capacity to grasp and hold onto the big picture while conducting a forensic examination of every facet of the Aboriginal debate. He writes with empathy to distinguish between the urban Aborigines and those who remain isolated and basically culturally unchanged, while highlighting the difficulties the Aboriginal cause has in speaking with one voice for constitutional change, recognition, equity and advancement. Alec Lucke, Road to Exploitation: Political Capture by Mining in Queensland

""Dr Roberts' views are very broadly balanced because he cares both professionally and personally. His concern for the realism of management of culture in the future to continue to be authentic is genuine; for people of all cultures to manage their issues and cultural knowledge in the way their profound learnings have taught them. True culture brings balance in a way that our children of the future can feel free, affected by their cultural learning in a positive way, with great pride and dignity, that will always have a 'genuine fit within our changing world' because as Australians we are one and, we are many. Thank you always for your genuine caring through the important and clear messages within your big picture presentations. It would be sad if Indigenous students and staff did not study your positive, balanced Indigenous texts."" Jeannie Aileen Little, ""Gaarkamunda"" OAM ""Brian has done us a great favour with his observations of Aboriginal affairs. It is refreshing to read writing straight from the heart, without any axe to grind or agenda to push. He not only gets you thinking, but thinking in new ways. And new ways of thinking on Aboriginal affairs is precisely what we need."" Dr Anthony Dillon, Australian Catholic University ""Dr Roberts has an extraordinary capacity to grasp and hold onto the big picture while conducting a forensic examination of every facet of the Aboriginal debate. He writes with empathy to distinguish between the urban Aborigines and those who remain isolated and basically culturally unchanged, while highlighting the difficulties the Aboriginal cause has in speaking with one voice for constitutional change, recognition, equity and advancement."" Alec Lucke, Road to Exploitation: Political Capture by Mining in Queensland

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Professor Emeritus Brian Roberts has lived half his life in South Africa and half in Australia. An agricultural ecologist by profession, he has a passion for sustainable land use while his highly developed social conscience has led to decades of research into tribal peoples rights and responsibilities. Recognised as 'The Father of Landcare' he was awarded the Order of Australia in 1998, having earlier won the South African Community Service Medal for his work in rural soil conservation. He was the founding president of the Soil and Water Conservation Association of Australia, Organising Chairman of the Ninth International Rangeland Congress and has held professorships at three universities. Prof. Roberts chaired the Lower Balonne Advisory Committee on water sharing, the Queensland Rural Fires Council, the Queensland Freshwater MAC and the Nathan Dam Community Committee on Dawson River Water Supplies. As a senior member of the Cape York Peninsula Land Use Strategy and convenor of CSIRO's Water Quality Joint Venture team in North Queensland as Adjunct in Environmental Studies at James Cook University, he contributed to mainstream and Indigenous community conservation projects. He was a member of the National Soil Conservation Advisory Committee and The Queensland Sheep and Wool Research Committee. Much of his recent writing has been published in Quadrant Online. He is the author of 13 books, many book chapters and numerous journal articles since 1956. As a member of ANU's Fundamental Questions program, he produced the seminal paper 'Land Ethics: A necessary addition to Australian Values' (1984).

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