This book tells the story about the magnitude of Aboriginal involvement on the Victorian goldfields in the middle of the nineteenth century. This first history of Aboriginal-white interaction on the Victorian goldfields offers new insights on one of the great epochs in Australian and world history — the gold story. It describes how Aboriginal people...

Language work is close to the heart of many Indigenous Australians. The important role that Indigenous languages play in terms of a connection to culture, kinship, land and family was highlighted during the Committee’s inquiry, as was the devastation to communities that results when language is lost.

This report proposes a collaborative approach be developed involving universities, governments, professional bodies, the business sector and communities working together to improve the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through higher education. The Review of Higher Education Access and Outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People follows on from the 2008 Review...

This report reviews the existing literature about the temporary mobility of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in remote Australia. It follows a number of other literature reviews on this topic, including Habibis et al. (2010), Memmott et al. (2004) and a comprehensive survey article by Prout (2008). While some of the same ground is...

This Bulletin reviews recent activity by the National Cannibis Prevention and Information Centre to address cannabis use among young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. While data are scarce, it appears that drug use among the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population generally begins at a much younger age than the non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait...