This report from the Close the Gap Campaign Steering Committee provides an overview of the progress made over the life of the Closing the Gap strategy. Results are mixed, with some improvements in infant and child health, while progress on closing the life expectancy gap has been minimal. The report also looks at new insights into health services accessed by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and its contributions to closing the health gap.read more
An easy to read spreadsheet listing traps, tips, and resources for psychology educators in the process of Indigensing the psychology curriculum. This document is a work in progress, all feedback and suggestions are welcomed. indigenising_the_psychology_curriculum_-_traps_and_tips.pdfread more
This search tool provides easy access to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health literature on the PubMed database You can choose to look at all literature or one of 27 search topics. You can refine each choice by entering keywords, filter options and published dates.read more
Drama portraying Rupert Max Stuart case involving verballing allegations in a case of alleged rape and murder of a 9-year-old Ceduna, SA, girl in 1959. Max Stuart was eventually released on parole in late 1973. He became an Elder of the Arrernte people in central Australia and Chairman of the Central Land Council from 1998 to 2001. His story is also told in Blood Brothers – Broken English. Director - Craig Lahiff Duration: 101 minsread more
Arrernte man Max Stuart was sentenced to death in 1959 for murder but, nearly 35 years later, he talks about the case on camera. Film Australia. Duration: 60 minsread more
A three-part historical series charting the development of European policy towards Australian Aborigines from 1788 to 1938. It makes extensive use of contemporary accounts, letters, diaries and reports. It is shot using historical locations and a wealth of Australian art and photography. Duration: 3 x 57 minsread more
This chapter provides a view from a new angle. It briefly describes a critical perspective on how a history of dispossession, rejection and powerlessness negatively affected Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander family structures and individual development and behaviour, and gave rise to the intergenerational transmission of trauma. However, it is important to note that conveying the events of history and the impacts of colonisation is not about pointing the finger and blame. It is about...read more
This report is a tribute to the strength and struggles of many thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people affected by forcible removal. We acknowledge the hardships they endured and the sacrifices they made. We remember and lament all the children who will never come home. We dedicate this report with thanks and admiration to those who found the strength to tell their stories to the Inquiry and to the generations of Aboriginal and...read more
Tom Calma, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, response to government to the national apology to the Stolen Generations.read more
