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Indigenous

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Report

Location and segregation: The distribution of the Indigenous population across Australia's urban centres


This paper focuses on which cities and large towns Indigenous Australians live in, how the Indigenous population is distributed by neighbourhood within these cities and towns, and what the characteristics of the neighbourhoods are in which Indigenous Australians are concentrated. According to the 2006 Census, around three-quarters of Indigenous Australians live in regional areas or...
Report

Recognising and responding to hepatitis C in Indigenous communities in Victoria


This research investigates a range of issues concerning hepatitis C and Indigenous people in Victoria. Access to anti-viral treatment for hepatitis C has improved over the past few years, with over 3,500 people in 2007 accessing treatment throughout Australia; however with 207,600 people estimated to be infected, treatment uptake still remains low. While the goal...
Discussion paper

The Reconciliation Barometer and the Indigenous imaginary


This paper discusses the findings of a recently released study to ‘measure the progress of reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians’ by Reconciliation Australia.
Case study

Australia deliberates: 2001 deliberative poll


In February of 2001, Australia hosted its second national Deliberative Poll titled, Australia deliberates: reconciliation-where from here? As a social experiment, this Australian Deliberative Poll aimed to gauge the opinion of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous representatives on reconciliation. Australian reconciliation is a national cause in search of attaining cultural harmony and equality amongst its Aboriginal and...
Article

Battle over a war


For three decades the Australian War Memorial has been the focus of a struggle between two ways of knowing the past, writes Dean Ashenden on our partner site, INSIDE STORY