Dr Andrew Gunstone
Director of Research, SAMSS
Senior Lecturer, Australian Indigenous Studies
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| Office: | 1S 113, Gippsland Campus | |
| Email: | Andrew.Gunstone@monash.edu |
Biography
Dr Andrew Gunstone is the Director of Research for the School of Applied Media & Social Sciences (SAMSS).
Andrew is a Senior Lecturer, Australian Indigenous Studies in the Centre for Australian Indigenous Studies in SAMSS.
He has researched and published widely in the areas of Indigenous Studies and Indigenous Politics, particularly in relation to reconciliation, stolen wages and higher education policy.
Andrew is the Foundation Editor of the Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues.
Research interests
Current research projects
- The Australian Reconciliation Movement – analysing the post-2000 Australian reconciliation movement, both at a local and a national level.
- Stolen Wages in Victoria – investigating the history and impact of stolen wages policies on Indigenous peoples in Victoria.
Publications
Books
- Gunstone, A. (ed.). 2010. A Decade of Despair: The Howard Government and Indigenous Affairs. Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing
- Gunstone, A. and Heckenberg, S. 2009. ‘The Government Owes a Lot of Money to Our People’: A History of Indigenous Stolen Wages in Victoria. Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing
- Gunstone, A. 2009. Unfinished Business: the Australian Formal Reconciliation Process (2nd Edition). Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing
- Gunstone, A. (ed.). 2008. History, Politics and Knowledge: Essays in Australian Indigenous Studies. Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing
- Gunstone, A. 2007. Unfinished Business: the Australian Formal Reconciliation Process. Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing
- Tripcony, P., Gunstone, A., Purdie, N., Boulton-Lewis, G. and Fanshawe, J. 2000. Positive Self-Identity for Indigenous Students and its Relationship to School Outcomes. Canberra: DETYA
Book chapters
- Gunstone, A. 2010. ‘The Howard Government and Indigenous Affairs’, in Gunstone, A. (ed.), A Decade of Despair: The Howard Government and Indigenous Affairs. Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 1-6
- Gunstone, A. 2010. ‘Reconciliation and the Howard Government’, in Gunstone, A. (ed.), A Decade of Despair: The Howard Government and Indigenous Affairs. Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 75-105
- Gunstone, A. 2010. ‘Twenty Years of Failure: Reconciliation in Australia from 1988 to 2008’, in Dunstan, D. (ed.), Southern Worlds: South Africa and Australia. Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 146-160
- Gunstone, A. 2009. ‘Afterward: Reconciliation and Commonwealth Governments from 2003-2008’, in Gunstone, A. Unfinished Business: the Australian Formal Reconciliation Process (2nd Edition). Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 304-310
- Gunstone, A. 2008. ‘The Australian Reconciliation Process: An Analysis’, in Fleming, C., Komesaroff, P. and Rothfield, P. (eds.), Pathways to Reconciliation: Theory and Practice. Ashgate Publishing: Aldershot, 169-178
- Gunstone, A. 2008. ‘Australian Indigenous Studies and Australian Universities’, in Gunstone, A. (ed.), History, Politics and Knowledge: Essays in Australian Indigenous Studies. Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, xx-xxvi
- Gunstone, A. 2008. ‘Unfinished Business: The Australian Reconciliation Process from 1991-2000’, in Gunstone, A. (ed.), History, Politics and Knowledge: Essays in Australian Indigenous Studies. Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 281-299
Refereed journal articles
- Gunstone, A. 2010. ‘A History of Exclusion: Indigenous Peoples and Social Security’. Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues 13(2): 34-44
- Gunstone, A. 2009. ‘Whiteness, Indigenous Peoples and Australian Universities’, Australian Critical Race and Whiteness Studies Association E-Journal 5(1): 1-8
- Gunstone, A. 2009. ‘Indigenous Rights and the 1991-2000 Australian Reconciliation Process’, Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal 1(3): 35-51
- Gunstone, A. and Foley, D. 2009. ‘The Role of Indigenous Studies Journals in the Discipline of Indigenous Studies’. Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues 12(1-4): 132-138
- Gunstone, A. 2008. ‘Australian University Approaches to Indigenous Policies’. Australian Journal of Indigenous Education 37s: 103-108
- Gunstone, A. 2008. ‘Reconciliation and Australian Indigenous Health in the 1990s: A Failure of Public Policy’. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 5(4): 251-263
- Gunstone, A. 2008. ‘The Politics of Saying Sorry’. Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues 11(2): 3-10
- Gunstone, A. 2007. ‘Community Involvement and Education in the 1991-2000 Australian Reconciliation Process'. Australian Journal of Indigenous Education 36: 39-48
- Gunstone, A. 2007. ‘‘These Blokes are Reinventing the 19th Century’: the Howard Government’s Record on Indigenous Affairs 1996-2006’. Journal of Indigenous Policy 7: 42-53
- Gunstone, A. 2007. ‘Reconciliation in East Gippsland’. Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues 10(1): 3-15
- Gunstone, A. 2006. ‘Teaching Australian Indigenous Studies to International Students’. Australian Studies (UK) 19(2): 7-18
- Gunstone, A. 2006. ‘The Impact of the Howard Government upon the Formal Australian Reconciliation Process’. Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues 9(2-3): 57-72
- Gunstone, A. 2006. ‘The Howard Government's Approach to Indigenous Self-Determination’. MAI Review Online 1: 1-3
- Gunstone, A. 2005. ‘Unfinished Business: the Australian Reconciliation Process from 1991 to 2000’. Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues 8(3-4): 16-32
- Gunstone, A. 2003. ‘The Responses of Australian Governments to Indigenous Challenges to the Australian State: 1967-2003’. Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues 6 (2): 3-25
Refereed conference papers
- Gunstone, A. 2010. 'The Goals of the Formal Reconciliation Process and Indigenous Rights', 2010 Australian Political Studies Association Conference, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 27-29 September 2010, 1-10
- Gunstone, A. 2009. ‘A History of the Campaigns for an Indigenous Treaty, 1979-2009’, 2009 Australasian Political Studies Association Conference, Macquarie University, Sydney, 28-30 September 2009, 1-24
- Gunstone, A. 2008. ‘The failure of the Howard Government’s ‘Practical’ Reconciliation Policy’, Second International Conference on Racisms in the New World Order, University of the Sunshine Coast, Caloundra, 6-7 December 2007, 1-9
- Gunstone, A. 2008. ‘Over a Decade of Despair: the Howard Government and Indigenous Affairs 1996-2007’, 2008 Australasian Political Studies Association Conference, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 6-9 July 2008, 1-12
- Gunstone, A. 2008. ‘Human Rights, Indigenous Rights and Reconciliation in Australia’, Activating Human Rights and Peace Conference, Southern Cross University, Byron Bay, 1-4 July 2008, 1-8
- Gunstone, A. 2007. ‘The Wider Australian Community’s Confusion and Ignorance Concerning the Meanings of Reconciliation’, 2006 Aboriginal Studies Association Conference, Aboriginal Studies Association, Sydney, 2-3 November 2006, 135-145
- Gunstone, A. 2007. ‘Government Policies and Wider Community Attitudes towards Indigenous Socio-Economic Disadvantage in the Reconciliation Decade’, 2007 Australasian Political Studies Conference, Monash University, Melbourne, 24-26 September 2007, 1-18
- Gunstone, A. 2007. ‘The Impact of Whiteness on the 1991-2000 Australian Reconciliation Process’, in Boucher, L., Carey, J. and Ellinghaus, K. (eds.), Historicising Whiteness: Transnational Perspectives on the Construction of an Identity. Melbourne: RMIT Publishing, 400-407, Refereed proceedings from Historicising Whiteness Conference, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 22-24 November 2006
- Gunstone, A. 2006. ‘The Impact of Nationalism upon the Formal Australian Reconciliation Process’, 2006 Australasian Political Studies Association Conference, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, 25-27 September 2006, 1-17
- Gunstone, A. 2006. ‘The Failure of Reconciliation to Address Racist and Ignorant Attitudes in the Wider Community towards Indigenous Peoples’, Racisms in the New World Order: Realities of Culture, Colour and Identity Conference, University of the Sunshine Coast, Coolum, 8-9 December 2005, 143-152
- Gunstone, A. 2005. ‘The Australian Reconciliation Process: 1991-2000’, 2005 Australasian Political Studies Association Conference, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 28-30 September 2005, 1-14
- Gunstone, A. 2005. ‘Nationalism and the Formal Australian Reconciliation Process’, Body Politic Conference, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 24-26 November 2004, 1-16
- Gunstone, A. 2004. ‘Reconciliation, Nationalism and the History Wars’, 2004 Australasian Political Studies Association Conference, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 29 September-1 October 2004, 1-18
- Gunstone, A. 2000. ‘An Examination of the Indigenous Policies of Australian Universities’, 2000 Australian Indigenous Education Conference, Edith Cowan University, Fremantle, 4-7 April 2000, 1-11
Teaching
- ATS1251 Introduction to Indigenous Australian Studies
- ATS2364 -3364 Indigenous Australian Politics and Activism
- ATS2745 -3745 Dynamics of Indigenous Cultures
- ATS2369 - 3369 Indigenous Australian Human Rights
Expert media commentary
Postgraduate supervision
- Indigenous Studies
- Indigenous Politics
- Indigenous History
- Australian Studies
- Australian Politics
- Australian History
Research grants
2008-2009, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Research Grant, $29,300, ‘The history and impact of stolen wages upon Victorian Koori communities’ (Nationally competitive research grant (category 1)).