Resources
21-May-2009
Manuals
Growing and Learning in Rural Communities
Dr Helen Sheil
A development manual for professionals working in rural communities.
Study Circle Kit: Building Rural Futures Through Co-operation
Centre for Rural Communities
Within communities people hold different views of the world developed from their own experiences. Study circles provide a forum where these differences can be respected and learnt from to work towards a common goal.
Books
The Changing Nature of Australia's Country Towns
Edited by M F Rogers & D R Jones
This book provides a look at our increasing understanding of the growth, stasis and decline of our country towns.
It covers not only changing social and economic trends, but also the art of engagement of communities, new modes of development, water and its local management and planning policies and practices.
Readings and writings
Dr. Helen Sheil ... and others
The Centre for Rural Communities has become a hub for great thinking, writing and action about community development. You can find some of the best reading material on Community Development here at www.ruralcommunities.com.au .
Online
Links
The Centre for Rural Communities
Links worth looking at