Agency, contingency and census process observations of the 2006 Indigenous enumeration strategy in remote Aboriginal Australia

"This study of the [Indigenous Enumeration Strategy] involved four very different locations: a group of small outstation communities (Arnhem Land), a large Aboriginal township (Wadeye), an 'open' town with a majority Aboriginal population (Fitzroy Crossing), and the minority Aborigina...

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Main Author: Morphy, F.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Canberra, ACT, Australia ANU E Press 2007, 2007
Series:Research monograph / Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, the Australian National University, Canberra
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:"This study of the [Indigenous Enumeration Strategy] involved four very different locations: a group of small outstation communities (Arnhem Land), a large Aboriginal township (Wadeye), an 'open' town with a majority Aboriginal population (Fitzroy Crossing), and the minority Aboriginal population of a major regional centre (Alice Springs). A comparison between these contexts reveals differences that reflect the diversity of remote Aboriginal Australia, but also commonalities that exert a powerful influence on the effectiveness of the IES, in particular very high levels of short-term mobility"--Provided by publisher
Item Description:Title from PDF title page (viewed July 17, 2008)
Physical Description:xiii, 175 pages
ISBN:9781921313585
1921313587