Remote as ever : the aboriginal struggle for autonomy in the Western Desert /

"In Remote as Ever, David Scrimgeour tells the story of his working life as a doctor in isolated communities in Australia's Western Desert in the late 1970s. Being involved in the Homelands movement and the Aboriginal community-controlled health campaign gave him significant insight into t...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Scrimgeour, David (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Press, 2022.
Temas:
Scrimgeour, David.
Aboriginal Australians > Government relations.
Aboriginal Australians > Australia > Western Desert (W.A.)
Aboriginal Australians > Australia > Western Desert (W.A.) > Social conditions.
Autonomy.
Physicians > Australia > Western Desert (W.A.)
Australiens (Aborigènes) > Relations avec l'État.
Australiens (Aborigènes) > Australie > Occidental, Désert (Austr.-Occ.)
Autonomie.
Médecins > Australie > Occidental, Désert (Austr.-Occ.)
HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand
Aboriginal Australians
Aboriginal Australians > Government relations
Aboriginal Australians > Social conditions
Autonomy
Physicians
Western Australia > Western Desert
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Alice Springs and out bush: A time of utopian idealism
  • The Pitjantjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra homelands
  • The Pitjantjatjara home-made health service
  • The Strelley mob and the Martu
  • Pintupi country, Pintupi health
  • The Spinifex people
  • First contact, last contact
  • The reoccupation of the Western Desert and the counter-attack
  • Autonomy in Aboriginal health and the government response
  • Conclusion.

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