Funding allocations to Aboriginal people: the Western Australia case
Author/editor: Arthur, W
Paper no: 15
Year published: 1991
This paper attempts to identify the sources of special funding in Aboriginal affairs in Western Australia and how these allocations are spent. First, an assessment is made of the funds allocated by each level of government, Commonwealth, State and local; second, the funds allocated to programs…
Geographic location and Aboriginal economic status: A census-based analysis of outstations in Australia's Northern Territory
Author/editor: Taylor, J
Paper no: 8
Year published: 1991
This paper utilises 1986 Census data to examine the demographic and economic characteristics of Aboriginal people in Australia's remotest locations. In so doing three objectives are fulfilled. First, to assert that it is important to examine Aboriginal society in a spatial context. Second, to…
Geographic variations in the economic status of Aboriginal people: A preliminary investigation
Author/editor: Tesfaghiorghis, H
Paper no: 2
Year published: 1991
An exploratory analysis of the 1986 Census shows considerable heterogeneity in Aboriginal spatial distribution as well as in socio-economic status. While the majority of Aborigines reside in urban areas, a significant proportion, 34 per cent, still lived in rural areas, in contrast to 14 per cent…
Indigenous economic development in the Torres Strait: Possibilities and limitations
Author/editor: Arthur, W
Paper no: 4
Year published: 1991
The Torres Strait is an archipelago populated predominantly by Torres Strait Islanders, officially recognised by the Federal Government as Australia's other Indigenous minority. At present, the Strait's economy is characterised by significant public and private service sectors, and by a productive…
Living off the land in national parks: issues for Aboriginal Australians
Author/editor: Altman, JC, Allen, LM
Paper no: 14
Year published: 1991
Aboriginal people resident in, or traditional owners of, national parks have highly variably legal rights to harvest subsistence resources. In the absence of common law rights to Indigenous resources, a wide range of Commonwealth, State and Territory laws often obfuscate these rights. This paper…
Social indicators of the Aboriginal population of Australia
Author/editor: Gray, A, Tesfaghiorghis, H
Paper no: 18
Year published: 1991
This paper presents social indicators of the Aboriginal population in the context of the rapid demographic change that has taken place in the population. The paper identifies the problem of Aboriginal data, the fuzziness of the definition of Aboriginality, the non-utility of a static population…
Spatial mobility of working age Aborigines in settled and remote Australia: a preliminary analysis
Author/editor: Taylor, J
Paper no: 17
Year published: 1991
Despite the potential for government employment policies to influence the rate and incidence of migration among the Aboriginal workforce, little is known about the extent to which such policy impacts occur. This paper seeks to construct a base line for identifying these impacts by establishing…