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Aborigines, Sport And Suicide, Colin Tatz
Aborigines, Sport And Suicide, Colin Tatz
Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)
It is surprising that a nation so dedicated to sport has ignored its role in trying to alleviate youth suicide. Involvement in sport has shown to deflect, even deter, juvenile delinquency. Similarly, there is evidence (and reason) enough to show a strong connection between sport and suicide among the young. Sport is a major element in contemporary Aboriginal life: it provides meaning, a sense of purpose and belonging; it is inclusive and embracing in a world where most Aboriginal youth feel alienated, disempowered, rejected and excluded.
Transnational Understandings Of Australian Aboriginal Sporting Migration: Sporting Walkabout, John Maynard
Transnational Understandings Of Australian Aboriginal Sporting Migration: Sporting Walkabout, John Maynard
Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)
This article will examine the impact of Aboriginal sporting participation and movement around the globe. The experiences, influences and inspiration that Aboriginal sporting men and women absorbed while travelling internationally have played a prominent role in changing the perceptions and understanding of Aboriginal people to the wider populace. The later stages of the nineteenth and early twentieth century were a period in which Aboriginal people were erroneously categorized as a dying race, belonging to the Stone Age and uneducable. However the influence of sport and travel ensured that Aboriginal cricketers, footballers, athletes, boxers and horsemen and -women played a part …
A Cultural Approach To Aboriginal Youth Sport And Recreation: Observations From Year One, Janice Forsyth, Michael Heine, Joannie Halas
A Cultural Approach To Aboriginal Youth Sport And Recreation: Observations From Year One, Janice Forsyth, Michael Heine, Joannie Halas
Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)
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