- Outstation movement
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The Outstation movement refers to the relocation of Indigenous Australians from towns to remote outposts on traditional tribal land.
As described in the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody[1] a range of problems faced Aboriginal people living in towns.
During the 1980s a number of groups moved to small settlements on their traditional lands. Some outpost communities include:
- Kintore, Northern Territory
- Utopia, Northern Territory
- Kiwirrkurra Community, Western Australia
References
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- Morice RD, (1976), Woman dancing dreaming: Psychosocial benefits of the aboriginal outstation movement, Medical Journal of Australia, Dec 18-25 2(25-26):939-42
External links
- Caring for Country: Connection to Land - Past and Present Northern Land Council
- Sean Sexton, (1996), Homeland Movement: High and Low Roads, Indigenous Law Bulletin
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Social Justice Reports 1994-2009 and Native Title Reports 1994-2009 for more information about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs.
Categories:- History of Indigenous Australians
- Indigenous Australian communities
- Organisations serving indigenous Australians
- Indigenous peoples of Australia stubs
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