Report
On 14 May 1987, the House Standing Committee on Aboriginal
Affairs tabled its report on the inquiry into the Aboriginal
homelands movement in Australia entitled Return to country: the
Aborginal homelands movement in Australia.
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This report is comprised of preliminary pages, 13 chapters and
12 appendices.
Return to country: the Aboriginal homelands movement in
Australia
Part A:
Preliminary pages up to Chapter 8 (PDF 7700KB)
Contents, Foreword, Committee Membership, Terms of Reference, List
of Abbreviations and List of Recommendations
Ch1: Introduction
Ch2: Location and
numbers
Ch3: Existing Government policies
Ch4: Future of the homelands movement
Ch5: Policies to cater for homeland centres
Ch6: Funding of homeland centres
Ch7: Resources for providing services
Ch8: The economies of homeland centres
Part B: Chapter 9 to Appendix 12 (end) (PDF
5850KB)
Ch9: Land tenure
Ch10: Infrastructure in homeland centres
Ch11: Education services in homeland centres
Ch12: Health services in homeland centres
Ch13: Conclusion
Appendix 1: List of
organisations and individuals who made submissions
Appendix 2: List of witnesses
Appendix 3: List of exhibits
Appendix 4: List of communities and homeland centres visited
Appendix 5: Homeland centre communities
Appendix 6: Department of Aboriginal Affairs Departmental
Guidelines
Appendix 7: Summary of position on excisions from pastoral leases
in the Northern Terriroty
Appendix 8: Northern Territory Government procedures for excisions
from pastoral properties
Appendix 9: Summary of position on excision from pastoral leases in
Western Australia at January 1987
Appendix 10: Extract from Commonwealth Government's preferred
national Aboriginal Land Rights model
Appendix 11: Northern Territory Government standards for essential
services in minor communities
Appendix 12: World Health Organisation's definitaion of primary
health care