Industry segregation among employed Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders
Author/editor: Taylor, J
Paper no: 22
Year published: 1992
This paper describes the detailed industry composition of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workforce and measures the extent to which it differs from that of the rest of the workforce. For this purpose, 1986 Census data on industry division and class of…
Occupational segregation: a comparison between employed Aborigines, Torres Strait Islanders and other Australians
Author/editor: Taylor, J
Paper no: 33
Year published: 1992
This paper describes the detailed occupational composition of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workforce and measures the extent to which it differs from that of the rest of the workforce. For this purpose, 1986 Census data on occupational major and unit…
Patterns and trends in the spatial diffusion of the Torres Strait Islander population
Author/editor: Taylor, J, Arthur, W
Paper no: 25
Year published: 1992
Until World War 2, Torres Strait Islanders were restricted in their distribution to the Torres Strait. Since that time, migration to the Australian mainland has contributed to a significant redistribution with the majority of Torres Strait Islanders now resident in…
Political spoils or political largesse? Regional development in northern Quebec, Canada and Australia's Northern Territory
Author/editor: Scott, C
Paper no: 27
Year published: 1992
This paper examines regional development in northern Quebec, Canada, with a focus on the James Bay Cree, and makes some preliminary comparisons with the Australian Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory. The relationship between economic development and…
Survey or census? Estimation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander housing need in large urban areas
Author/editor: Taylor, J
Paper no: 28
Year published: 1992
A consultancy paper outlining the technical options for assessing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander housing need in large urban centres followed from discussions relating to the collection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander statistics at the Centre for…
The CDEP scheme: a census-based analysis of the labour market status of participants in 1986
Author/editor: Altman, JC, Daly, A
Paper no: 36
Year published: 1992
The Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) scheme was established in 1977 primarily as an income support and community development program for remote Aboriginal communities. Since the launch of the Aboriginal Employment Development Policy (AEDP) in 1987…
The determinants of Aboriginal employment income
Author/editor: Daly, A
Paper no: 32
Year published: 1992
According to the 1986 Census, the average Aboriginal male in full-time employment had an income which was 71 per cent of that of the average non-Aboriginal male. The gap between the incomes of the average Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal female was less by 11…