Serious Whitefella Stuff: When Solutions Became the Problem in Indigenous Affairs

AUSTRALIANA ABORIGINAL INDIGENOUS
How does Indigenous policy signed off in Canberra work – or not – when implemented in remote Aboriginal communities? Mark Moran, Alyson Wright and Paul Memmott have extensive on-the-ground experience in this area of ongoing challenge. What, they ask, is the right balance between respecting local traditions and making significant improvement in the areas of alcohol consumption, home ownership and revitalising cultural practices? Moran, Wright and Memmott have spent years dealing with these pressing issues. Serious Whitefella Stuff tells their side of this complex Australian story.
xii, 224 pages : illustrations, maps, photographs ; 20 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-222) #291122
Aboriginal Australians — Government relations — Australia. | Aboriginal Australians — Australia — Anecdotes. | Aboriginal Australians — Social conditions — 21st century. | Aboriginal Australians — Social life and customs — 21st century. | Aboriginal Australians — Legal status, laws, etc. | Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of. | Socioeconomic conditions – Living conditions. | Housing – Home ownership. | Socioeconomic conditions – Social deprivation. | Government policy – Self management. | Substance use – Alcohol. | Ceremonies – Initiation. | Religions – Christianity – Missions. | Government policy – Self determination. | Substance use – Law and legislation. | Community organisations – Cultural. | Politics and government – Indigenous representative bodies. | Community organisations – Social welfare. | Outstations / Homelands movement. | Education – Schools – Attendance. | Substance use – Social and economic aspects. | Community organisations – Housing. | Warrabri / Ali Curung / Alekerenge (Central NT SF53-02) | New Mapoon (Bamaga Qld Far North Cape York SC54-11) | Mornington Island (Qld Gulf Wellesley Islands SE54-01) | Kowanyama (Qld NW Cape York SD54-15) | Dumadji / Doomadgee (Qld Gulf SE54-05) | Mapoon (Qld NW Cape York SC54-15, SD54-03) | Australian