Return to country : the Aboriginal homelands movement in Australia / House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs

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Australia. Parliament. House of Representatives. Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES STANDING COMMITTEE ON ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS Return to country—The Aboriginal homelands movement in Australia Report March 1987 1
RETURN TO COUNTRY THE ABORIGINAL HOMELANDS MOVEMENT IN AUSTRALIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES STANDING COMMITTEE ON ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS MARCH 1987 5
CONTENTS 9
GLOSSARY OF TERMS 16
FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 20
MAIN AREAS OF OUTSTATION ACTIVITY 34
CONDUCT OF THE INQUIRY 35
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 41
CHAPTER 2 LOCATION AND NUMBERS 62
CHAPTER 3 EXISTING GOVERNMENT POLICIES 79
CHAPTER 4 FUTURE OF THE HOMELANDS MOVEMENT 99
CHAPTER 5 POLICIES TO CATER FOR HOMELAND CENTRES 112
CHAPTER 6 FUNDING OF HOMELAND CENTRES 130
CHAPTER 7 RESOURCES FOR PROVIDING SERVICES 153
CHAPTER 8 THE ECONOMIES OF HOMELAND CENTRES 170
CHAPTER 9 LAND TENURE 203
CHAPTER 10 INFRASTRUCTURE IN HOMELAND CENTRES 213
CHAPTER 11 EDUCATION SERVICES IN HOMELAND CENTRES 252
CHAPTER 12 HEALTH SERVICES IN HOMELAND CENTRES 286
CHAPTER 13 CONCLUSION 297
APPENDIX 1 LIST OF ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO MADE SUBMISSIONS 303
APPENDIX 2 LIST OF WITNESSES 305
APPENDIX 3 LIST OF EXHIBITS 315
APPENDIX 4 LIST OF COMMUNITIES AND HOMELAND CENTRES VISITED 318
APPENDIX 5 HOMELAND CENTRE COMMUNITIES 321
APPENDIX 6 DEPARTMENT OF ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENTAL GUIDELINES 349
APPENDIX 7 SUMMARY OF POSITION ON EXCISIONS FROM PASTORAL LEASES IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY 352
APPENDIX 8 NORTHERN TERRITORY GOVERNMENT PROCEDURES FOR EXCISIONS FROM PASTORAL PROPERTIES 356
APPENDIX 9 SUMMARY OF POSITION ON EXCISIONS FROM PASTORAL LEASES IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA AT JANUARY 1987 361
APPENDIX 10 EXTRACT FROM COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT'S PREFERRED NATIONAL ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS MODEL 364
APPENDIX 11 NORTHERN TERRITORY GOVERNMENT STANDARDS FOR ESSENTIAL SERVICES IN MINOR COMMUNITIES 366
APPENDIX 12 WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION'S DEFINITION OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE 372

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