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== Identification and definition== |
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Identification of what constitutes a community relies upon a number of factors. The government authorities have specific criteria, as well as the communities and their self |
Identification of what constitutes a community relies upon a number of factors. The government authorities have specific criteria, as well as the communities and their self identification. Clarification of the various ways of identifying is best made against the maps and information provided by the Western Australian Department of Indigenous Affairs. |
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==Notes== |
==Notes== |
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Revision as of 07:12, 10 May 2015
Aboriginal communities in Western Australia are those that have indigenous population as the majority of the inhabitants, and which are either identified by external authorities, or are self identified.
Earlier stages of assistance
In the 1980s and 1990s, effort was made to support indigenous communities.[1][2][3]
Politicisation of funding issues
In 2014 and 2015 the support of some of the communities listed here, and others, was questioned in Western Australian and Australian political discussions.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
In 2015 rallies were held across Australia and the world to protest the withdrawal of government support of the communities.[15][16][17][18][19] A group of Aboriginal protesters set up a camp on Heirisson Island, as "... a place of retreat for all Aboriginal persons who have been and will be forcibly removed by the West Australian Government".[20][21][22]
Identification and definition
Identification of what constitutes a community relies upon a number of factors. The government authorities have specific criteria, as well as the communities and their self identification. Clarification of the various ways of identifying is best made against the maps and information provided by the Western Australian Department of Indigenous Affairs.
Notes
- ^ Western Australia. Equal Opportunity Commission; Davis, Liz (1990), Essential service delivery to Aboriginal communities in Western Australia : a report, Equal Opportunity Commission, ISBN 978-0-7309-3888-0, ISSN 1031-9697
- ^ Peter Alexander and Associates; Western Australia. Aboriginal Affairs Planning Authority (1991), Inquiry into service and resource provision to remote Aboriginal communities in Western Australia, Peter Alexander and Associates, retrieved 10 May 2015
- ^ Western Australian Planning Commission (2000), Planning for Aboriginal communities, The Commission, retrieved 10 May 2015
- ^ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-20/leaders-divided-over-plan-to-close-indigenous-communities/5907446
- ^ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-20/not-all-remote-aboriginal-communities-will-close-wa-government/5906846
- ^ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-13/closing-remote-aboriginal-communities-cause-chaos-leaders-say/5889278
- ^ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-12/indigenous-communities-closures-will-have-severe-consequences/5886840
- ^ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-30/wa-top-cop-backs-call-for-remote-community-shutdowns-cites-abuse/6358208?section=wa
- ^ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-26/funding-to-dozens-of-remote-communities-under-proposed-strategy/6350932
- ^ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-26/aboriginal-mps-and-elders-call-for-talks-to-stop-panic-in-commu/6350536
- ^ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-25/remote-communities-will-be-consulted-before-closures-minister/6346690
- ^ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-20/remote-aboriginal-communities-will-not-be-closed-scullion-says/6337012
- ^ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-19/protesters-rally-against-closure-aboriginal-remote-communities/6332526
- ^ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-28/wa-premier-colin-barnett-remains-staunch-on-remote-communities/6352678
- ^ Sarah Taillier and staff (1 May 2015). "Rallies held to protest against threat of remote community closures in Western Australia". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ^ "Hundreds protest against WA community closures in Sydney, Melbourne". Special Broadcasting Service. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ^ Eduardo Jordan (1 May 2015). "The remote communities closure protests gain momentum". The Wire. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ^ "Rallies demand end to Aboriginal community closures". Green Left Weekly. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ^ "MP joins Aboriginal closures protest". Rotorua Daily Post. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ^ Andrew O'Connor (3 March 2015). "Aboriginal protesters set up camp on Heirisson Island as some remote communities face closure". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ Rebecca Trigger (13 March 2015). "Heirisson Island Aboriginal protest: Police move in to clear campers". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ "Arrests as police remove tents at Perth's Heirisson Island Aboriginal protest". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
External links
- Maps of indigenous communities in Western Australia, Department of Indigenous Affairs