Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 14, no. 1, March 1990, pp. 46-52
Description
Overview of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission which will give Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people a voice in own their communities.
IPA Backgrounder, vol. 10, no. 1, February 1998, pp. 1-24
Description
Disputes issues discussed in the 1997 national inquiry report, Bringing Them Home, such as specific cases, comparison of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal child removal and the claim of genocide.
Children on the APY Lands Commission of Inquiry: [Introduction]
[Mullighan Inquiry]
Documents & Presentations
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Children on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Commission of Inquiry
Description
Looked into allegations of child abuse in remote South Australian Aboriginal communities which had come to light during the course of the Children in State Care Commission of Inquiry (CISC Inquiry).
Part I: The Inquiry.
Part II: Child Sexual Abuse on the Lands.
Indigenous Affairs, vol. 2008, no. 4, Social Suffering, 2007, pp. 38-43
Description
Discusses the protective measures introduced in 73 remote Aboriginal communities as the results of report.
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Reviews the Royal Commission Into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody {RCIADIC) and Bringing Them Home report and the need for a truth and reconciliation commission to look into Intergenerational trauma in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island communities.
Commission Appointed by His Excellency the Governor to Inquire into the Treatment of Aboriginal Native Prisoners of the Crown in This Colony and Also into Certain Other Matters Relative to Aboriginal Natives
Description
Inquiry looked into the treatment of prisoners on Rottnest Island, where young boys were kept in a Reformatory section.
Compares delivery of secondary education to Indigenous young people to other states in Australia and outcomes being achieved by remote and urban students.
Discusses the 35 recommendations accepted by the government to address the lasting effects on children, families and communities caused by the forced removal of children under the Aborigines Protection Act 1909.
Ethnic and Racial Studies , vol. 32, no. 5, June 2009, pp. 781-801
Description
Presents interview data gained from wide range of people living in southeast Australia about what they know and how they feel about Australian Aboriginal people and issues.