Indigenous
Broad subject area
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