Labour market dynamics in resource dependent regions: An examination of the Western Australian goldfields

Geographical Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 148-165

  Tonts, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Labour; Mining; Regional development; Resource dependence; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

GOLD MINE; LABOR MARKET; LABOR SUPPLY; MINERALS INDUSTRY; MINING; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77955152084     PISSN: 17455863     EISSN: 17455871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-5871.2009.00624.x     Document Type: Article

References (63)

1. Adams M. Win-win for Kambalda evolution: Prospect. 2004, 10. September-November
2. Mined out area hits golden milestone: Prospect. 2008, 8. Anon, March-May
3. Census of Population and Housing: Time Series Community Profiles, 1996-2006 2007, Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), various issues, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra
4. Year Book Australia, 2007 2008, Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra
5. Barnes T, Hayter R, Hay E. Stormy weather: cyclones, Harold Innis, and Port Alberni, BC. Environment and Planning A 2001, 33:2127-2147.
6. Barnes T, Hayter R. No 'Greek-letter writing': local models of resource economies. Growth and Change 2005, 36:453-470.
7. Beach R, Brereton D, Cliff D. Workforce Turnover in Fly in Fly out Mining Operations: an Exploratory Study 2003, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, University of Queensland, St Lucia
8. Beer A, Maude A, Pritchard W. Developing Australia's Regions 2003, University of New South Wales Press, Sydney
9. Bertola P. Gold, Kalgoorlie and the World Economy, 1893-1972 1992, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Curtin University of Technology, Bentley
10. Bradbury J, St-Martin I. Winding down in a Quebec mining town: a case study of Schefferville. The Canadian Geographer 1983, 27:128-144.
11. Bradbury J, Sendbuehler M. Restructuring asbestos mining in western Canada. The Canadian Geographer 1988, 32:296-306.
12. Bryden J, Bollman R. Rural employment in industrialized countries. Agricultural Economics 2000, 22:185-197.
13. Skill Shortages in Australia's Regions 2006, Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics, Department of Transport and Regional Services, Canberra
14. Butler RW. The concept of a tourism area cycle of evolution: implications for management of resources. The Canadian Geographer 1980, 24:5-12.
15. Clements K, Ahammad H, Qiang Y. New mining and mineral processing projects in Western Australia: effects of employment on the macroeconomy. Resources Policy 1996, 22:293-346.
16. Small Area Labour Markets, 1991-2007 2007, Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, Canberra
17. Western Australian Mineral and Petroleum Statistics Digest, 2007 2008, Department of Industry and Resources, Department of Industry and Resources, Perth
18. Western Australian Mineral and Petroleum Statistics Digest Department of Industry and Resources, various issues, Department of Industry and Resources, Perth
19. Statistical Digest: Mineral and Petroleum Production 2000, Department of Minerals and Energy, Department of Minerals and Energy, Perth
20. Significant resource projects in Western Australia: Prospect. 2009, 31. Department of Mines and Petroleum, June-August
21. Dixon M. New era for nickel buoys Kambalda: Prospect. 2004, 6-7. September-November
22. Findlay A, Short D, Stockdale A. The labour-market impact of migration to rural areas. Applied Geography 2000, 20:333-348.
23. Freudenburg WR, Wilson LJ. Mining the data: analyzing the economic implications of mining for nonmetropolitan regions. Sociological Inquiry 2004, 72:549-575.
24. Freudenburg WR. Addictive economies: extractive industries and vulnerable localities in a changing world economy. Rural Sociology 1992, 57:305-332.
25. Garnault J, Connell P, Lindsay R, Rodriguez V. Country Australia: Influences on Employment and Population Growth 2001, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Canberra
26. Gibson K. Company towns and class processes: a study of the coal towns of Central Queensland. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 1991, 9:285-308.
27. Gill A. Enhancing social interaction in new resource towns: planning perspectives. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie 1990, 81:348-363.
28. Green A, Owen D. The Geography of Poor Skills and Access to Work 2006, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, York
29. Halseth G. 'We came for the work': situating employment migration in B.C.'s small, resource-based, communities. The Canadian Geographer 1999, 43:363-381.
30. Hanson J, Bell M. Harvest trails in Australia: patterns of seasonal migration in the fruit and vegetable industry. Journal of Rural Studies 2007, 23:101-117.
31. Hayter R. Labour supply and resource-based manufacturing in isolated communities: the experience of pulp and paper mills in north-central British Columbia. Geoforum 1979, 10:163-177.
32. Hayter R, Barnes T. The restructuring of British Colombia's coastal forest sector: flexibility perspectives. Troubles in the Rainforest: British Colombia's Forest Economy in Transition 1997, 181-203. Barnes T, Hayter R. eds, Western Geographical Press, Victoria
33. Himelfarb A. The Social Characteristics of One-Industry Towns in Canada: A Background Report to the Royal Commission on Corporate Concentration 1976, Ministry of Supply and Services, Ottawa
34. Houghton DS. Long distance commuting: a new approach to mining in Australia. The Geographical Journal 1993, 159:281-290.
35. Historical Gold Price Data 2009, http://www.kitco.com/charts/historicalgold.html, Kitco Bullion Dealers, Kitco Bullion Dealers, New York, Retrieved 25 July 2009 from
36. Krannich R, Luloff A. Problems of resource dependency in U.S. rural communities. Progress in Rural Policy and Planning 1991, 1:5-18.
37. Lane M, Rickson R. Resource development and resource dependence of indigenous communities: Australia's Jawoyn Aborigines and mining at Coronation Hill. Society and Natural Resources 1997, 10:121-142.
38. Lindsay C, McCracken M, McQuaid R. Unemployment duration and employability in remote rural labour markets. Journal of Rural Studies 2003, 19:187-200.
39. Lowry D, Molloy S, Tan Y. The Labour Force Outlook in the Minerals Resources Sector, 2005 to 2015 2006, National Institute of Labour Studies, Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide
40. Lucas RA. Minetown, Milltown, Railtown: Life in Canadian Communities of Single Industry 1971, University of Toronto Press, Toronto
41. Martin R, Sunley P. Path dependence and regional economic evolution. Journal of Economic Geography 2006, 6:395-437.
42. Maude A, Hugo G. Mining settlements in Australia. Coping with Closure: An International Comparison of Mine Town Experiences 1992, 97-66. Neil C, Tykklainen MBradbury J. eds, Routledge, London
43. Staffing the Supercycle: Labour Force Outlook in the Minerals Sector, 2005-2015 2006, Minerals Council of Australia (with Chamber of Minerals and Energy, WA), Minerals Council of Australia and Chamber of Minerals and Energy, WA, Canberra
44. Montague M. Internal Migration and an Australian Rural Community 1978, Unpublished PhD Thesis, University of Queensland, St Lucia
45. Neil C, Tykklainen M, Bradbury J. Coping with Closure: An International Comparison of Mine Town Experiences 1992, eds, Routledge, London
46. Nord M, Luloff A. Socioeconomic heterogeneity of mining-dependent counties. Rural Sociology 1993, 58:492-500.
47. Pike A, Tomaney J, Rodriguez-Pose A. Local and Regional Development 2006, Routledge, London
48. Mine: Review of Global Trends in the Mining Industry, 2007 2007, PricewaterhouseCoopers, PricewaterhouseCoopers, London
49. Randall J, Ironside R. Communities on the edge: an economic geography of resource dependent communities in Canada. The Canadian Geographer 1996, 40:17-35.
50. Rushen SF. Fluctuations and downturns in a company town. Growth and Change 1995, 26:611-626.
51. Skills DMC. A Report to the Goldfields-Esperance Workforce Development Alliance on Workforce Planning in the Region's Gold and Nickel Mining Sectors 2008, Skills DMC, Perth
52. Smith M, Krannich R, Hunter L. Growth, decline, stability, and disruption: a longitudinal analysis of social well-being in four western rural communities. Rural Sociology 2001, 66:425-450.
53. Solomon F, Katz E, Lovel R. Social Dimensions of Mining in Australia: Understanding the Mining Industry as a Social Landscape 2007, CSIRO Minerals, Canberra
54. Sorensen A. The Future of the Country Town: Strategies for Local Economic Development'. Prospects and Policies for Rural Australia 1993, 240-201. Sorensen ADEpps R. eds, Longman Cheshire, Melbourne
55. Beyond the Resources Boom 2007, State Training Board, State Training Board, Perth
56. Stedman R, Parkins J, Beckley T. Resource dependence and community well-being in rural Canada. Rural Sociology 2004, 69:213-234.
57. Stimson R, Stough R, Roberts B. Regional Economic Development: Analysis and Planning Strategy 2006, Springer, Berlin
58. Storey K. Fly-in/fly-out and fly-over: mining and regional development in Western Australia. Australian Geographer 2001, 32:133-148.
59. Tonts M, Davies A. Workforce Futures for the Goldfields-Esperance Region 2009, State Training Board, Perth
60. Tiplady T, Barclay M. Indigenous Employment in the Australian Minerals Industry 2007, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, University of Queensland, St. Lucia
61. Nickel Statistics 2009, United States Geological Survey, United States Geological Survey, Washington
62. Webb M, Webb A. Golden Destiny: the Centenary History of Kalgoorlie-Boulder and the Eastern Goldfields 1993, City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie
63. Wilson LJ. Riding the resource roller coaster: understanding socioeconomic differences between mining communities. Rural Sociology 2004, 69:261-281.