University of Wollongong Library Resources for assignments - Indigenous Health

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Organisations and Institutions

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce- historical publications

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet

Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses

Menzies School of Health Research - the only Australian health and medical research institute focusing on the health of Indigenous communities and people living in tropical and remote areas

National Rural Health Alliance - peak body working to improve the health of Australians in rural and remote areas

Nganampa Health Council - an Aboriginal owned and controlled health organisation

Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health (OATSIH), within Department of Health and Ageing

Reports

Bringing them home: report of the National Inquiry into the separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families

Health is life: report on the inquiry into Indigenous health

Royal Commision on Aboriginal deaths in custody

South East Arnhem Land Collaborative Research Project working paper series

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