Torres Strait Islander people
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Torres Strait Islanders
Journal article
Native title contestation in Western Australia's Pilbara region
The rights afforded to Indigenous Australians under the Native Title Act 1993 are very limited and allow for undue coercion by corporate interests, argues this paper.
Dataset
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People with a Disability, 2012
Compares the prevalence of disability among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-Indigenous people, using data from the 2012 Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers. Introduction
Report
The art economies value chain reports: methodology and art regions
The Art Economies Value Chain (AEVC) project seeks to understand the production and trade of visual art products. The source of the visual art products is remote and very remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities; however, the markets for these goods span the globe. In this series of reports, we draw no conclusions as...
Report
The art economies value chain reports: artists and art centre production
The total number of artists estimated to be working with Art Centres is 13,196. The Art Centre data represented 80% (n= 10,338) of the estimated total population of Art Centre artists. Approximately 70% of artists were female, and 30% of artists were over 55 years old. Art Centre data represented 391,025 art products. Records with...
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Social justice and native title report 2014
This report finds that deep funding cuts and uncertainty about Government plans have created one of the largest scale upheavals in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs. One of the Commissioner's primary responsibilities is to report annually on the enjoyment and exercise of human rights by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. I also report...