Study looks at the meaning and significance of musical recordings that reflect Aboriginal identity and presents three case studies of Aboriginal rock groups.
CFCA (Child Family Community Australia) Paper ; no.25
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Shaun Lohoar
Nick Butera
Edita Kennedy
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"This paper explores some of the characteristics of traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural practices that contribute to effective family functioning, and how these practices can have positive effects on children and communities."
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Evaluation Project (ATSISPEP)
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Purpose of review was to discover if there were successful interventions for promoting prevention and providing postvention support and look at the effectiveness of evaluation frameworks developed for these programs.
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Discusses the cross-cultural historical importance of corroborees (theatrical performances) in 19th-century Australia.
Chapter 7 from Creating White Australia edited by Jane Carey, Claire McLisky. Scroll down to access article.
Biographical article on the evolution in Aboriginal administration through the eyes of an officer for the Western Australia Department of Native Affairs.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 4, no. 2, 2009, pp. 129-134
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Discusses how parents are involved in their children's mathematics education, and how it can be enhanced by the integration of cultural knowledge into mainstream western education.
Book review of: Transnational Whiteness Matters edited by Aileen Moreton-Robinson, Maryrose Casey and Fiona Nicoll.
Review located by scrolling to page 259.
Aboriginal History, vol. 41, December 2017, pp. 121-149
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Article draws on the journals of Guardian of Aborigines William Thomas in New South Wales to describe and examine corroborees (Indigenous spiritual ceremonies) taking place in the early 1850s. Author considers the role of syncretism in Indigenous peoples’ process of understanding European systems of belief.
Pediatric Clinics of North America, vol. 56, no. 6, Health Issues in Indigenous Children: An Evidence Based Approach For the General Pediatrician, December 2009, pp. 1285-1302
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Looks at high quality data from Canada, United States, New Zealand and Australia concluding that intervention strategies are lacking for indigenous children.
International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches, vol. 3, no. 2, August 2009, pp. 191-202
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Studies four communities in southern Australia using Tregenza's adaptation to the Cost of Living methodology to create a connection between poverty and health.
Pediatric Clinics of North America, vol. 56, no. 6, Health Issues in Indigenous Children: An Evidence Based Approach For the General Pediatrician, December 2009, pp. 1263-1283
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Reviews literature, government reports and immunization guidelines from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, an the United States.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 32, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 63-79
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"This study addresses the gap in our understanding through a transnational examination of the administration of veterans' benefits for Indigenous military personnel in four victorious settler societies that all mobilized significant recruits from their Indigenous minority populations".
Research has initiated high-quality information describing the health of Victorian Aboriginal infants and children and more accurate information on births and deaths of Aboriginal infants and children.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 1, A Celebration of Pacific Culture, Spring, 2009
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Comments on Australia's decision to commit to the United Nations Declaration of Rights of Indigenous Peoples after opposing the declaration along with the United States, Canada, and New Zealand.
Ethnic and Racial Studies , vol. 32, no. 5, June 2009, pp. 781-801
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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.
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing - Te Mauri: Pimatisiwin, vol. 2, no. 2, September 2017, pp. 16-32
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Looks at the common themes which emerged from the project including the need for self determination and local leadership, the need to consider the social determinants of health, and more.