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Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Children: Present and Future Services & Policy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

Brian Butler
Brian Butler*
Affiliation:
Secretariat for National Aboriginal & Islander Child Care (SNAICC). 4 Brunswick Place, Fitzroy. 3065, Tel: (03) 417 6744; Fax: (03) 419 9793
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Abstract

This paper will address the overall approach of the present government to the provision of Aboriginal children's services in the context of the social indicators about Aboriginal children within Aboriginal society and non-Aboriginal society. It will then outline the proper and appropriate frameworks for the development of services for Aboriginal children.

Type
Research Article
Information
Children Australia , Volume 18 , Special Issue 1 , 1993 , pp. 4 - 8
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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