Serious whitefella stuff : when solutions became the problem in Indigenous affairs / Mark Moran ; foreword by Noel Pearson.

By: Moran, Mark [author.]Contributor(s): Pearson, Noel, 1965- [writer of foreword.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Press, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Description: xii, 224 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780522868296Other title: Serious white fella stuffSubject(s): Aboriginal Australians -- Anecdotes | Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of | Aboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etc | Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations | Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions -- 21st century | Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs -- 21st centuryDDC classification: 305.89915
Contents:
1. The more things change -- 2. Prohibiting alcohol in Kowanyama -- 3. Moving to outstations at Doomadgee -- 4. Revving culture on Mornington Island -- 5. Sharing responsibility at Ali Curung -- 6. Planning the return to Mapoon -- 7. Owning a home in Mapoon -- 8. Why practice triumphs over policy in Indigenous affairs.
Summary: How does Indigenous policy signed off in Canberra work - or not - when implemented in remote Aboriginal communities? Mark Moran, Alyson Wright and Paul Memmott have extensive on-the-ground experience in this area of ongoing challenge. What, they ask, is the right balance between respecting local traditions and making significant improvement in the areas of alcohol consumption, home ownership and revitalising cultural practices? Moran, Wright and Memmott have spent years dealing with these pressing issues. Serious Whitefella Stuff tells their side of this complex Australian story.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-222)

1. The more things change -- 2. Prohibiting alcohol in Kowanyama -- 3. Moving to outstations at Doomadgee -- 4. Revving culture on Mornington Island -- 5. Sharing responsibility at Ali Curung -- 6. Planning the return to Mapoon -- 7. Owning a home in Mapoon -- 8. Why practice triumphs over policy in Indigenous affairs.

How does Indigenous policy signed off in Canberra work - or not - when implemented in remote Aboriginal communities? Mark Moran, Alyson Wright and Paul Memmott have extensive on-the-ground experience in this area of ongoing challenge. What, they ask, is the right balance between respecting local traditions and making significant improvement in the areas of alcohol consumption, home ownership and revitalising cultural practices? Moran, Wright and Memmott have spent years dealing with these pressing issues. Serious Whitefella Stuff tells their side of this complex Australian story.

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