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The importance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history for social work students and graduates
Bennett, Bindi
Bennett, Bindi
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[Extract] To know where we are going, we must know where we have been. In particualr, we need to focus on how colonisation has affected our families and communities and continues to impact on our lives. We have to ask how the profession of social work has interacted and been involved with Aboriginal and Torrest Straight Islander people and how our community has responded, and will continue to respond, to these interacitons.
I do not discuss in detail, every historical event that has imnpacted Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. My intention is to provide an Aboriginsal and Torres Straight Islander social work perspective about the history and policies that have impacted Aboriginal people and, in so doing, highlight a number of important events and developments.
In order to respect Aboriginal protocols I am not in a position to write about the unique Torres Straight Islander history and cutlure, as I have not been raised in or near a Torres Strait Islander community. Noritta Morseu-Diop, who is a Torres Strait Islander woman, will address, in chapter 6, issues on the culture, history and social work perspectives of Torres Strait Islander people.
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2013
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Our voices : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social work
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1-25
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School of Allied Health
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Faculty of Health Sciences
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