Social Policy Group

Indigenous Affairs Resources

Commonwealth Government Programmes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
State and Local Government agencies

Directories
Statistics
Indigenous Issues
Parliamentary Library Publications and E-briefs
International Resources

Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

• Indigenous Coordination Centres (ICCs) operate in 30 locations around Australia. They look after most Australian Government programs for Indigenous people and negotiate Shared Responsibility Agreements (SRAs).

• FAHCSIA Overview

• Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations

Whole of Government and COAG initiatives

The COAG Working Group on Indigenous Reform brings together the Australian Government and all State and Territory Governments. The Working Group's objective is to close the gap on Indigenous disadvantage.

Northern Territory Emergency Intervention

Following a series of revalations about the level of child sex abuse in Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory, the Commonwealth announced and legislated for the implementation of a series of emergency measures. The background to the legislation is available in the Parliamentary Library Bills Digests:

• Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Bill (No. 1) 2007-2008, Bills digest, no.24, 2007-08.

• Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Bill (No. 2) 2007-2008, Bills digest, no.25, 2007-08.

• Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Northern Territory National Emergency Response and Other Measures) Bill 2007, Bills digest, no.21, 2007-08.

• Northern Territory National Emergency Response Bill 2007, Bills digest, no.28, 2007-08.

Commonwealth Government Programmes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

Education

Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR)

• Indigenous Education

Employment and Economic Development

Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR)

• Indigenous Employment Programmes

Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

• Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) Programme

• Indigenous Business Australia

Health

Department of Health and Ageing

• Indigenous Health

• Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (OATSIH).
  

Housing

Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA)

• Aboriginal Hostels Limited

• Indigenous Housing

• Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Program (SIHIP)

Environment and Heritage

Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts

• Indigenous Australians Caring for Country

Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA)

• Repatriation Program
  

Land and Native Title

• Indigenous Land Corporation

• National Native Title Tribunal

• Native Title Representative Bodies

• Land Rights Program

• Native Title Program
  

Art, Culture and Languages

Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts

• Indigenous Programs

Australia Council

• National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts
  

Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)

Sport

Australian Sports Commission

• Indigenous Sport Program

Department of Health and Ageing

• Indigenous Sport and Recreation Program
  

Law, Justice and Human Rights

Attorney-General's Department

• Indigenous Law and Justice

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner
  

Social Security, Families, Women and Children

Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

• Indigenous Leadership Programs and Initiatives

• Indigenous Policies and Programs

• Indigenous Women's Development Program

• Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children
  

Centrelink

• Indigenous Australians
  
  

Torres Strait

• Torres Strait Regional Authority

State and Local Government

• Australian Capital Territory: Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs

• New South Wales: Department of Aboriginal Affairs

• Queensland: Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy

• South Australia: Department of Premier and Cabinet, Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation Division

• Tasmania: Office of Aboriginal Affairs

• Victoria: Aboriginal Affairs Victoria

• Western Australia: Department of Indigenous Affairs

Australian Local Government Association - Indigenous Issues

Government Indigenous portal to Indigenous services and information sources located on government internet sites.

Directories of Organisations, Commonwealth and Businesses

• The Australian Government Directory Indigenous Services has contact details of Indigenous organisations listed under various categories.

• The Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts' Indigenous Visual Arts and Craft Resource Directory identifies major groups and organisations involved in Indigenous Art

• On-line Indigenous Business and Community Services Directory

• The Registrar of Aboriginal Corporations  has a listing of all Aboriginal community groups by State or Territory including contact details.

Statistics

• Australian Bureau of Statistics Indigenous statistics and feature articles

• Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Summary of Indigenous Health Status

• Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

• Productivity Commission, Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage, Key Indicators

• Productivity Commission Report on Government Services: Indigenous Compendium

Indigenous Issues

Arts and Culture

• ANKAAA - Northern Territory Top End and Kimberley Indigenous art centres

• Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative - Sydney

• Desart - Indigenous art centres in Central Australia

• iDIDJ Australia

• Indigenous Torres Strait Islander Art

• Koori Heritage Trust - Victoria

• Ngaanyatjarra Regional Arts

• Queensland Indigenous Arts Marketing and Export Agency (QIAMEA)

• Roebourne Art Group

• Tiwi Art

• UMI Arts- Far North and West Queensland

Education

• National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Website (NATSIEW)
  

Health

• Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet

• National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO)
  

Language and Tribal Groups

• Aboriginal Australia (map of language groups)

• Aboriginal Languages of Australia

• Aboriginal Tribes of Australia - Norman B. Tindale's catalogue

• AIATSIS Language and Place Thesaurus

• List of Language bibliographies compiled from the AIATSIS Library collections - available for printing or downloading.
  

Land and Native Title

• Native Title Research Unit - AIATSIS

• Central Land Council

• Northern Land Council

Law

• Indigenous Law Centre - UNSW Faculty of Law

• Indigenous Peoples and the Law - Parliamentary Library

• Timeline of Legal Developments Affecting Indigenous People - AUSTLII

Media

• ABC Indigenous news online

• ABC Indigenous online Message Stick

• Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA)

• Imparja Television

• Koori Mail

• National Indigenous Radio Service

• National Indigenous Times

• Waru - hosted by PY Media in APY Lands

Policy and Research

• Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership

• Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR)

Reconciliation and Social Justice

• Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation Archive

• Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR)

• Bringing them home: Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from their Families

• HREOC Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice page

• Reconciliation Australia

Parliamentary Library

Publications

J Gardiner-Garden, The 1967 Referendum: history and myths, Research brief, no.11, 2006-07.

J Gardiner-Garden and M. Park, Commonwealth Indigenous-specific expenditure 1968–2008, Research paper, no.10, 2008-09.

A Pratt, ATSIC review: complex challenges, no simple solutions, Research note, no.5, 2003-04.

A Pratt, Make or break? A background to the ATSIC changes and the ATSIC review, Current issues brief, no.29, 2002-03.

J Gardiner-Garden, Defining Aboriginality in Australia, Current issues brief, no.10, 2002-03.

J Gardiner-Garden, Indigenous flags and days, Research note, no.4, 2002-03.

J Summers, The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia and Indigenous peoples 1901-1967, Research paper, no.10, 2000-01.

J Gardiner-Garden, The definition of Aboriginality, Research note, no.18, 2000-01.

C Dow, Aboriginal Tent Embassy: icon or eyesore? Chronology, no.3, 1999-00.

L Behrendt, The protection of Indigenous rights: contemporary Canadian comparisons, Research paper no.27, 1999-00.

M Maddox, Indigenous religion in secular Australia, Research paper, no.11, 1999-00.

J Gardiner-Garden, From dispossession to reconciliation, Research paper, no. 27, 1998-99.

C Dow and J Gardiner-Garden, Indigenous affairs in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, United States of America, Norway and Sweden, Background paper, no.15, 1997-98.

J Gardiner-Garden, The origin of Commonwealth involvement in Indigenous affairs and the 1967 Referendum, Background paper, no.11, 1996-97.

Online background notes

J Gardiner-Garden, Indigenous socioeconomic indicators, Background note, 11 February 2008.

C Dow, 'Sorry': the unfinished business of the Bringing them home report, Background note, 4 February 2008.

J Gardiner-Garden, Indigenous Broadcasting, E-brief.

C Dow, Mabo: Ten Years On, E-brief.

International Resources

• Aboriginal Canada Portal

• Bureau of Indian Affairs - US Department of the Interior

• Center for World Indigenous Studies

• Ethnologue: Languages of the World

• Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development

• Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

• Indigenous Peoples and the Law

• United Nations International Decade of the World's Indigenous People 1995-2004

• International Law and Legislation

• International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA)

• Te Puni Kokiri - Ministry of Maori Development

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