Self-determination: Helping Aboriginal families to realise the ideal

Claiming our future

Aboriginal family issues

This paper focuses on Aboriginal family life both prior to and following the European invasion, the effects of child removal, and the importance of the knowledge and wisdom of Aboriginal elders.

Woorabinda Aboriginal Council

This article describes some of the Community Development Employment Projects Scheme (CDEP) work initiatives taking place in Woorabinda, a thriving remote Aboriginal community about 170 km south-west of Rockhampton in Queensland's central highlands. 

Aboriginal Australians and poverty

The author alerts readers to problems associated with measuring income poverty and argues that definitions used in measuring income amongst white Australians are not always appropriate when measuring income poverty amongst Aborigines.