Centring country and community in the transition of Collie, Western Australia

Author Identifier

Naomi Joy Godden: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9881-3365

Georgia Beardman: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0971-4064

Mehran Nejati: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1199-8617

Angus Morrison-Saunders: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3560-0164

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Title

Regional Energy Transitions in Australia: From Impossible to Possible

First Page

69

Last Page

93

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

School

School of Arts and Humanities / Centre for People, Place and Planet

RAS ID

76511

Comments

Godden, N. J., Beardman, G., Nejati, M., Farrant, J. Y., Scott, E., Scoffern, L., ... & Morrison-Saunders, A. (2024). Centring country and community in the transition of Collie, Western Australia. In Regional Energy Transitions in Australia (pp. 69-93). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003585343-4

Abstract

The regional town of Collie is located on the Boodja (land) of the Wilman Noongar peoples in southwest Western Australia. Collie is undergoing a significant economic and social transition from 125 years of coal-fired power generation. Since 2021, 200 community members have been involved in a feminist participatory action research project that aims to support Collie to achieve a transition that centres Boodja and First Nations peoples, reduces inequities for current and future generations, and leaves no one behind. This chapter draws on the community’s research findings to examine how transition planning in Collie has proceeded to date.

DOI

10.4324/9781003585343-4

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