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Indigenous

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Report

School readiness program for Aboriginal children with additional needs: working with children, families, communities and service providers


This report presents an evaluation of a school readiness program for Aboriginal children with additional needs, assessing the benefits for the children, their families and communities as well as local service providers. The outcomes of the evaluation may be useful when considering future service models to support Aboriginal families of children with disabilities, developmental delay...
Report

Indigenous homelessness in regional Australia


The overall aim of this project was to examine the phenomenon of Indigenous homelessness in Australian regional cities and to explore a range of service responses that have been developed for homeless and public-place dwelling Indigenous people in selected regional centres, so as to assess their appropriateness and effectiveness in responding to Indigenous homelessness.
Report

The geographic distribution of Indigenous disability


The rate of disability in the Indigenous population is substantially higher than for the Australian population as a whole. Despite the relatively high rates of disability experienced by the Indigenous population, there is surprisingly little research which provides basic descriptive information on where those Indigenous Australians with a disability live and what their demographic characteristics...
Submission

Submission to the inquiry into issues surrounding cyber-safety for Indigenous Australians


This submission has been prepared by researchers from the Home Internet for Remote Communities Project (HIP). HIP is a collaborative project between the Centre for Appropriate Technology, Central Land Council and Swinburne University that aims to investigate the feasibility of home-based computing and internet access in three small remote communities in Central Australia. The nature...
Working paper

Aboriginal professionals: work, class and culture


This paper considers the increasing representation of Indigenous people in professional occupations and the changing perceptions of social class.