Culture and wellbeing: the case of indigenous Australians

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Culture and wellbeing: the case of indigenous Australians

A recurring theme in Indigenous affairs in Australia is a tension between maintenance of Indigenous culture and achievement of socio-economic ‘equity’: essentially ‘self-determination’ versus ‘assimilation’. Implicit in this tension is the view that attachment to traditional cultures and lifestyles...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Dockery, Alfred Michael
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Springer Netherlands 2010
Subjects:	Culture Wellbeing Indigenous Australia
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39286

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