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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Subject Guide

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Reference Resources

Aboriginal men's health: implementation plan 2003
by NSW Dept. of Health
Aboriginal Primary Health Care: An evidence-based approach 2003
by Sophia Couzos, Richard Murray for the Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services’ Council.
Counting, health and identity  2003
A history of Aboriginal health and demography in Western Australia and Queensland 1900-1940. Published in 2003.
National health survey :Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander results, Australia, 1995.
Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1999.
The Health and Welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples  2001
Australian Bureau of Statistics
The health of health of indigenous Australians 2003
edited by Neil Thomson.
The Royal Commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody: an overview 1997
Monitoring and Reporting Section, ATSIC, c1997
Submission by the Australian Medical Association to the Royal Commission into Deaths of Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders in Custody 1990
  Australian Medical Association, 1990.

Encyclopaedias and Dictionaries

Australian dictionary of Australian dictionary of biography
1966-2000 (electronic resource)
Australian encyclopaedia 1996
6th edition. published by the Australian Geographic Pty Ltd.
The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, society and culture 1994
by the Aboriginal Studies Press for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Macquarie Aboriginal Words: a dictionary of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders 1994
editors: Nick Thieberger, William McGregor.

Consult the Library Resources Database (LRD) for a more extensive coverage of the subject of Aboriginal Health. i.e. Type "Aborigin? Health" in the search box, select "Subject Keywords" from the drop down menu next to "Field to search". Then click "Find".
See also the Indigenous Legal Issues Subject Guide for legal reference materials.