Indigenous Settlements of Australia

This paper provides a national overview of the parallel settlement system which exists across Indigenous Australia. Its aim is to provide a context for the physical planning of Indigenous settlements, one that is cognisant of the range of culturally distinct factors that contribute to the unique character of such settlements. The methodology includes an analysis of census data and a review of existing literature with support from examples.

Aboriginal Living Conditions and Response Paradigms

In this article, Lester Thompson, a lecturer in School of Human Services at Queensland University of Technology and associate of the Aboriginal Environments Research Centre, University of Queensland, discusses Aboriginal living conditions and how policy has failed them. Through his examination of where policy has failed, Lester Thompson presents a case study of living conditions in Katherine, NT highlighting how government assistance during a catastrophic flood event led to dislocation of Aboriginal people.