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Johnson, Dianne. "Interpretations of the Pleiades in Australian Aboriginal astronomies." Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 7, S278 (January 2011): 291–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1743921311012725.

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AbstractAs there are so many Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait astronomies and cosmologies, commonalities are unusual. However one of the ‘things belonging to the sky’ that seems common to all groups across the continent is the open star cluster of the Pleiades. Yet interpretations of this cluster vary. So far I have tentatively identified four different cultural areas, the first being most of mainland Australia; the second being the islands south of mainland Australia known as Tasmania; the third being the cultural area of north-eastern Arnhem Land; and the fourth being the cultural area of the Torres Strait Islands. Within these areas, versions of the stories vary as contemporary circumstances change.

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Andersen, Clair, Ann Edwards, and Brigette Wolfe. "Finding Space and Place: Using Narrative and Imagery to Support Successful Outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in Enabling Programs." Australian Journal of Indigenous Education 46, no. 1 (May 25, 2016): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jie.2016.11.

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‘Riawunna’ is an Aboriginal word meaning ‘a place of learning’ for Aboriginal people, from entry level to tertiary studies, at the University of Tasmania (UTAS) and operates on Hobart, Launceston and Burnie campuses. The Riawunna Centre was established to encourage Aboriginal people to aspire to higher levels of education, and to support them to be successful in their chosen course of study. One strategy developed to support the participation, retention and success of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is the Murina program. During the four year period between 2010 and 2013 every student at UTAS who graduated from the Murina program and chosen to enrol in undergraduate studies has been successful in completing their courses. One of the tools used to achieve this result is the strong use of narrative and images in our teaching. This whole-person approach to teaching resonates culturally with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, but is also applicable to any student of any culture, especially those who come to university tentatively and with low expectations of what they can achieve.

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Sheridan, Susan. "Nancy Cato at Noosa." Queensland Review 24, no. 2 (November 17, 2017): 282–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/qre.2017.37.

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AbstractNancy Cato (1917–2000) was born in Adelaide and lived there for the first half of her life. Moving to Noosa in 1967, she became known for environmental activism as well as her writing. Through research for her historical novels set in Tasmania and on the Murray River, as well as her travels in Central and Northern Australia, she developed a strong interest in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. She published poetry, stories, plays and journalism, as well as novels set in the Northern Territory, North Queensland, the Riverland and Tasmania. She had a painter's eye as well as a gift for lyrics and a lifelong interest in storytelling. With the emergence of eco-criticism, we can now see her diverse career as a writer as cohering around her love of the natural world and her curiosity about how human beings lived in it. This article considers her writing about her adopted country around Noosa.

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Andersen, Clair. "Teacher Education, Aboriginal Studies and the New National Curriculum." Australian Journal of Indigenous Education 41, no. 1 (August 2012): 40–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jie.2012.7.

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in Australian schools continue to have poor education and health outcomes, and the introduction of a new national curriculum may assist in redressing this situation. This curriculum emphasises recommendations which have been circulating in the sector over many years, to require teacher education institutions to provide their students with an understanding of past and contemporary experiences of Indigenous Australians, as well as the social, economic and health disadvantages that challenge Indigenous communities, and to equip them to integrate Indigenous issues into their future teaching programs. This article, while focusing on teacher education developments at the University of Tasmania (UTAS) to meet National Standards and Frameworks for preservice teachers, provides some general background, and identifies recently developed resources, including the potential for Indigenous centres within universities to assist educators.

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Callander, Emily, Sarah Larkins, and Lisa Corscadden. "Variations in out-of-pocket costs for primary care services across Australia: a regional analysis." Australian Journal of Primary Health 23, no. 4 (2017): 379. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py16127.

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The aim of this study is to describe average out-of-pocket costs across different regions of Australia, as defined by Primary Health Network (PHN) boundaries, and assess the association between population characteristics and out-of-pocket costs for selected primary care services. A combination of descriptive and regression analysis was undertaken using administrative data from the Australian Department of Human Services reporting on the health services used across PHNs in Australia. Those in regional areas paid significantly more for Allied Health services than those in capital cities (A$5.68, P=0.006). The proportion of an area’s population aged 65 years and over was inversely related to out-of-pocket charges for Allied Mental Health (–A$79.12, P=0.029). Some areas had both high charges and disadvantaged populations: Country South Australia, Northern Queensland, Country Western Australia, Tasmania and Northern Territory, or populations with poor health: Northern Territory and Tasmania. Although there was a large amount of variation in out-of-pocket charges for primary care services between PHNs in Australia, there was little evidence of inequality based on health, age and socioeconomic characteristics of a population or the proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

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Stone, Alison, Maggie Walter, and Huw Peacock. "Educational Outcomes For Aboriginal School Students In Tasmania: Is The Achievement Gap Closing?" Australian and International Journal of Rural Education 27, no. 3 (December 9, 2017): 90–110. http://dx.doi.org/10.47381/aijre.v27i3.148.

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A quality education is a basic societal right. Yet for many Aboriginal students that right is not yet a reality. This paper focuses on the situation of Aboriginal/palawa school students in Tasmania and employs a quantitative methodology to examine the comparative educational achievements of Aboriginal school students. State level Grade 3, 5, 7 and 9 numeracy and reading test results from the National Assessment Program of Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) 2008 - 2016 support the analysis. Results indicate that Aboriginal students remain more likely to be at or below minimum literacy and numeracy standards than their non-Aboriginal counterparts. It is also found that Aboriginal studentsâ€™ academic achievement declines as they move through the schooling system. Further, Aboriginal students are less likely to partake in NAPLAN due to higher absenteeism on test days. These results are discussed in the context of education policy and the broader national and international literature on factors influencing academic achievement for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander school students. Despite an increasing awareness and the development of strategic policies to address Aboriginal educational inequality, it is evident that little has changed between 2008 and 2016. It is strongly argued that Aboriginal studentsâ€™ underachievement is more likely tied to schooling and policy environments that do not adequately meet their needs, rather than the students themselves. As such, policies and interventions that create long term, embedded improvement of Aboriginal studentsâ€™ schooling experiences and the engagement of their families and communities are a prerequisite for improving Aboriginal student outcomes.Â

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Edwards, Elizabeth. "Torres Strait Islanders." Anthropology Today 15, no. 1 (February 1999): 17. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2678210.

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Barnes, Ketrina. "Torres Strait Islander Women." Australian Journal of Indigenous Education 26, no. 1 (July 1998): 25–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1326011100001794.

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During some stage in their lives many Torres Strait Islanders, especially women will migrate to Australia in order to further their education, employment and training (Warrior, 1997). This paper focuses on a recent that I carried out among Torres Strait Islander women living on the mainland. The purpose of the survey is to indicate how Torres Strait Islander women are maintaining their identity whilst living on the mainland. To show these results, first the Torres Strait Islanders will be discussed generally to give an overview of their identity, then briefly Torres Strait Islanders on the mainland will be discussed. The paper will then conclude which the results from the survey conducted.

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Ionn, Mark A. "Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders and Equitable Educational Outcomes: A Focus on How School and Society Maintain Misconceptions." Aboriginal Child at School 23, no. 4 (December 1995): 37–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1326011100002076.

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Since colonisation, Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders have been compartmentalised by white society in many facets in their lives. This paper focuses on education, detailing problems faced by Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders. Participation of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders in formal education (including post-compulsory) has been very low compared to other Australians, thus upward social mobility has not dramatically changed. In both health and welfare, Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders are still highly disadvantaged in society (Keen, 1988). The current federal government proclaims itself the champion of social justice and equity, yet these issues remain at the forefront of indigenous problems. Major questions have to be asked about how Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders consider the relevance of schooling, the way they learn, how they are taughtandby whom. Moreover, what is an appropriate mix of cultural preservation and education and training to ‘fit in’ with a capitalistic society? Is this the same for all indigenous groups in Australia, considering the diverse range of urban and rural groups?

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Topping, Bob. "A Conflict of Cultures." Aboriginal Child at School 15, no. 4 (September 1987): 48–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0310582200015066.

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Torres Strait Islanders are frequently characterised by other Australians as caught between two cultures. Evidence and speculation that the majority of Torres Strait Islanders have neither ‘made it’ in the white mainstream world nor live exactly and traditionally as their ancestors did, sometimes lead to the glib perceptions that Islander people are members of neither world and are caught somewhere between the two.Implicit in this line of reasoning is the perception that the identity of Torres Strait Islanders in the contemporary world is an ‘either/or’ proposition - either Islanders must, in order to remain Islanders, remain totally traditional or they must, in order to survive at all, become totally assimilated into the dominant society. This erroneous and simplistic view of the choices open to Islander people ignores the value of the school in providing a cultural synthesis rather than a cultural replacement.

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Urry, James, and Jeremy Beckett. "Torres Strait Islanders; Custom and Colonialism." Man 24, no. 3 (September 1989): 533. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2802716.

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Ban, Paul. "Access and attitudes to health care of Torres Strait Islanders living in mainland Australia." Australian Journal of Primary Health 10, no. 2 (2004): 29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py04023.

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Ninety-two mainland Torres Strait Islanders, across five communities on mainland Australia, were consulted in relation to their access to health service providers. Similar numbers were interviewed in different-sized locations encompassing urban, rural, and remote areas. This exploratory study was the first to consider the health access issues of mainland Torres Strait Islanders. Overall, community controlled health services were the most commonly used exclusive health service providers, followed by private medical services and hospital outpatient services. The two most common reasons for the choice of health service provider in each community were convenience of access and the quality of relationship and trust with the medical staff. In general, the Torres Strait Islanders interviewed stated they are not comfortable seeking medical treatment, and delay accessing any health services. There was a high level of satisfaction in all communities with private medical services. Concerns were raised regarding long waiting periods at community controlled health services and hospital outpatient services, along with lack of confidentiality at community controlled health services. People wanted to see Torres Strait Islander staff at community controlled health services and hospital outpatient services to help facilitate greater access.

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Herle, Anita. "Torres Strait Islanders Stories from an Exhibition." Ethnos 65, no. 2 (January 2000): 253–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00141840050076923.

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Nakata, Martin. "Placing Torres Strait Islanders on a Sociolinguistic and Literate Continuum: A Critical Commentary." Aboriginal Child at School 19, no. 3 (July 1991): 39–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0310582200007483.

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Much of the literature on Torres Strait Islander, as well of Aboriginal, education begins from the assumption that oral traditions and cultures have a profound effect on educational achievement. But how easy is it to plot Islanders on an oral/literate continuum (cf. Goody, 1978)? The purpose of this paper is a critical examination of a sociolinguistic model designed to describe Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal peoples in terms of oracy and literacy by Watson (1988). As part of her attempt to explain mathematics education as it relates to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, her continua attempt at an analysis via a theoretical framework built on socio-demographic and linguistic differences between orate and literate traditions. Watson (1988, p.257) suggest that, “...there exists the same type of continuum linking use of Torres Strait Islander languages and English.”

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Fitzpatrick, Judith. ": Torres Strait Islanders: Custom and Colonialism . Jeremy Beckett." American Anthropologist 91, no. 3 (September 1989): 812–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/aa.1989.91.3.02a00710.

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Beckett, Jeremy. "Laughing with, Laughing at, among Torres Strait Islanders." Anthropological Forum 18, no. 3 (October 23, 2008): 295–302. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00664670802429412.

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Nakata, Martin N. "Cutting A Better Deal For Torres Strait Islanders." Aboriginal Child at School 23, no. 3 (September 1995): 20–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0310582200004892.

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In the Torres Straits, the cultural agenda, along with the push to move away from English as the language of instruction, has not been met with uniform enthusiasm by all Islanders. For many there has been a growing sense of disquiet and continuing frustration about the preoccupations with liberal humanist agendas in Islander education, and the ongoing low levels of educational outcomes (Nakata, 1994a; Nakata, Jensen and Nakata, in prep.). As interesting as the writings in education (Orr and Williamson, 1973; Finch, 1975; Langbridge, 1977; Orr, 1977, 1979; Osborne, 1979; Cunnington, 1984; Kale, 1987,1988; Castley and Osborne, 1988; Castley, 1988; Williamson, 1990) are to some people, they contribute little towards an understanding of our difficulties as we, Torres Strait Islanders, experience schooling, and thus contribute little towards a platform for improving our current or future educational outcomes.

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Nachman, Steven R. "Torres Strait Islanders: Custom and Colonialism. Jeremy Beckett." Journal of Anthropological Research 45, no. 3 (October 1989): 339–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/jar.45.3.3630288.

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DACMAR, HANS. "Torres Strait Islanders: Custom and Colonialism. JEREMY BECKETT." American Ethnologist 16, no. 4 (November 1989): 800–801. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/ae.1989.16.4.02a00140.

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Bernardes, Christina M., Stuart Ekberg, Stephen Birch, Renata F. I. Meuter, Andrew Claus, Matthew Bryant, Jermaine Isua, et al. "Clinician Perspectives of Communication with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Managing Pain: Needs and Preferences." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 3 (January 29, 2022): 1572. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031572.

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Poor communication is an important factor contributing to health disparity. This study sought to investigate clinicians’ perspectives about communicating with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients with pain. This multi-site and mixed-methods study involved clinicians from three pain management services in Queensland, Australia. Clinicians completed a survey and participated in focus groups. Clinicians rated the importance of communication training, their knowledge, ability, and confidence in communicating with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients using a 5-point Likert scale. Rating scores were combined into low (scores 1–2); moderate (score 3) and high (scores 4–5). Informed by an interpretive description methodology, thematic analysis of focus group data was used to identify the communication needs and training preferences of clinicians. Overall (N = 64), 88% of clinicians rated the importance of communication training when supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients as “high”. In contrast, far fewer clinicians rated as “high” their knowledge (28%), ability (25%) and confidence (28%) in effectively communicating with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients. Thematic analysis identified three areas of need: knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, health beliefs, and understanding cross-cultural cues. Communication skills can be learned and training, in the form of a tailored intervention to support quality engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients, should combine cultural and communication aspects with biomedical knowledge.

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Henson, Connie, Boe Rambaldini, Bronwyn Carlson, Monika Wadolowski, Carol Vale, and Kylie Gwynne. "A new path to address health disparities: How older Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander women use social media to enhance community health (Protocol)." DIGITAL HEALTH 8 (January 2022): 205520762210844. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20552076221084469.

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Background Digital health offers a fresh avenue to address health disparities experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. Despite the scant evidence about how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders access and use health technology, the Australian government has prioritised research that uses technology to enable people to manage their health and promote better health outcomes. Older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are cultural leaders in their communities, enabling them to provide valuable insights about the safety and efficacy of health care messaging. However, no research has engaged older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, women as partners in digital health research. Objective This paper provides a protocol for co-designed translational research that privileges older Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander women’s cultural expertise to design and test a framework for accessible, culturally safe and feasible digital health technologies. Methods This mixed-methods research project will use the collective impact approach, a user-centred, co-design methodology and yarning circles, a recognised Indigenous research methodology. A series of yarning circles with three different communities will elucidate enablers and barriers to access health information; co-create a framework clarifying what works and does not work for digital health promotion in their communities; and test the framework by co-creating three digital health information programs. Conclusions Privileging the cultural expertise of older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women will provide a novel perspective and vital guidance that end users and developers can trust and rely upon to create and evaluate culturally safe and efficacious digital health promotion programs.

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Smith, Arthur. "Becoming Expert in the World of Experts: Factors Affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Participation and Career Path Development in Australian Universities." Australian Journal of Indigenous Education 25, no. 2 (October 1997): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1326011100002702.

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In the recent history of Australia Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders have only had widespread access to a university education for approximately 20 years. Before this, Indigenous graduates from Australian universities were relatively few. Universities were seen as complex, often alien places in Indigenous cultural terms; institutions of European Australian social empowerment and credentialling from which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff and students were virtually excluded.

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Watkin Lui, Felecia. "My island home: re-presenting identities for Torres Strait Islanders living outside the Torres Strait." Journal of Australian Studies 36, no. 2 (June 2012): 141–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14443058.2012.674544.

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Temple, Jeromey, and Joanna Russell. "Food Insecurity among Older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15, no. 8 (August 17, 2018): 1766. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15081766.

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It is well established that Indigenous populations are at a heightened risk of food insecurity. Yet, although populations (both Indigenous and non-Indigenous) are ageing, little is understood about the levels of food insecurity experienced by older Indigenous peoples. Using Australian data, this study examined the prevalence and correlates of food insecurity among older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. Using nationally representative data, we employed ordinal logistic regression models to investigate the association between socio-demographic characteristics and food insecurity. We found that 21% of the older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population were food insecure, with 40% of this group exposed to food insecurity with food depletion and inadequate intake. This places this population at a 5 to 7-fold risk of experiencing food insecurity relative to their older non-Indigenous peers. Measures of geography, language and low socio-economic status were highly associated with exposure to food insecurity. Addressing food insecurity offers one pathway to reduce the disparity in health outcomes between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and non-Indigenous Australians. Policies that consider both remote and non-remote Australia, as well as those that involve Aboriginal people in their design and implementation are needed to reduce food insecurity.

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O'Connor, Michael C., and Alison Bush. "Pregnancy outcomes of Australian Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders." Medical Journal of Australia 164, no. 9 (May 1996): 516–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb122156.x.

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Taylor, John. "Industry Segregation among Employed Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders." Australian and New Zealand Journal of Sociology 29, no. 1 (March 1993): 3–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/144078339302900101.

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KAUS, DAVID. "Stars of Tagai: The Torres Strait Islanders. NONIE SHARP." American Ethnologist 22, no. 1 (February 1995): 211–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/ae.1995.22.1.02a00320.

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Williamson, Alan. "Torres strait islanders and Australian nationhood: Some educational perspectives." International Review of Education 38, no. 1 (January 1992): 65–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf01097945.

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Osborne, B. "Reflections on Education in Torres Strait: Zuni Insights." Aboriginal Child at School 13, no. 2 (May 1985): 3–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0310582200013699.

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Education in Torres Strait is at a crossroad. On the one hand changes are about to occur to its organisation. On the other hand crucial inroads are being made into community life by that process of education.I have lived in Torres Strait. I know some of the fears, hopes and disillusionment of many Torres Strait Islanders. I want to share some of my insights into your situation. When I left Thursday Island in 1972, it was with sadness and with a determination to find out how to better teach the young people of the Torres Strait. I would like to share one set of my findings with you. In particular, I would like to share the experiences of a small American Indian community with you. In many ways their story is like yours. Some of their lessons may help you in these days of rapid changes.

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Ban, Paul. "The Influence of Indigenous Perspectives of “Family” on some aspects of Australian & New Zealand Child Welfare Practice." Children Australia 18, no. 1 (1993): 20–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1035077200003291.

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This article is written by a non indigenous person who has spent a number of years working with Torres Strait Islanders and is currently working in Victoria on a project that has its origins in Maori child care practice. The author has found that his work as a white social worker has been markedly influenced by contact with both Torres Strait Islander and Maori culture, and considers that this effect has been both positive and beneficial. White social workers for a number of years have been guilty of implementing an assimilationist policy where Governments treat indigenous people as though they are the same as white Australians. While this can be considered an equal treatment model, this policy and practice has been detrimental to the unique contribution indigenous people can provide to social work knowledge and understanding of child care practices. This article intends to share some insight into both these cultures and to hopefully influence readers to be more open when considering their dealings with indigenous people. Particular attention will be given to Torres Strait Islanders as they are indigenous Australians, with additional reference made to the influence of the Maoris in New Zealand.

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Castles, Simon, Zoe Wainer, and Harindra Jayasekara. "Risk factors for cancer in the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population: a systematic review." Australian Journal of Primary Health 22, no. 3 (2016): 190. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py15048.

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Cancer incidence in the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population is higher and survival lower compared with non-Indigenous Australians. A proportion of these cancers are potentially preventable if factors associated with carcinogenesis are known and successfully avoided. We conducted a systematic review of the published literature to examine risk factors for cancer in the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population. Electronic databases Medline, Web of Science and the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Bibliographic Index were searched through August 2014 using broad search terms. Studies reporting a measure of association between a risk factor and any cancer site in the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population were eligible for inclusion. Ten studies (1991–2014) were identified, mostly with small sample sizes, showing marked heterogeneity in terms of methods used to assess exposure and capture outcomes, and often using descriptive comparative analyses. Relatively young (as opposed to elderly) and geographically remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders were found to be at increased risk for selected cancers while most modifiable lifestyle and behavioural risk factors were rarely assessed. Further studies examining associations between potential risk factors and cancer will help define public health policy for cancer prevention in the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population.

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Arley, Brian. "Island Watch: The New Front Line in Torres Strait Island Telecommunications." Media International Australia 88, no. 1 (August 1998): 57–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1329878x9808800109.

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This article explores a unique Networking the Nation Remote Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund $8 million funding application made by the Torres Strait Islanders Media Association Inc (TISMA). The purpose is to install and operate state-of-the-art telecommunication infrastructure on each inhabited Torres Strait Island to enhance the services and operations of the 27 Commonwealth and state government agencies operating in this region and to better meet the education, employment, training, socio-economic, cultural and linguistic needs of the region's inhabitants and to increase production, promotion and revenue-generation of their local cultural industries.

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Lansbury, Nina, Andrew M. Redmond, and Francis Nona. "Community-Led Health Initiatives for Torres Straits Island Communities in a Changing Climate: Implementing Core Values for Mitigation and Adaptation." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 24 (December 9, 2022): 16574. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192416574.

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First Nations Peoples have a long history of living in Australia’s changing climate and a deep knowledge of their traditional estate (‘Country’). However, human-induced climate change raises unforeseen risks to the health of First Nations Peoples—especially in remotely located communities. This includes the Torres Strait Islands, where a local leader asked our Torres Strait Islander co-author, ’We know that you will return to your Country—unlike previous researchers. So how can you help with climate change?’ In response, this research describes four core values focused on supporting First Nations Peoples’ health and wellbeing: co-design, appropriate governance, support for self-determination, and respectfully incorporating Indigenous Knowledges into health-protective climate initiatives. Supporting the health and wellbeing of Torres Strait Islanders to continue living in the remote Torres Strait Islands in a changing climate can enable long-term care for Country, maintenance of culture, and a sense of identity for First Nations Peoples. Ensuring these core values are implemented can support the health of present and future generations and will likely be applicable to other First Nations communities.

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Herle, Anita. "Exhibition and representation: stories from the Torres Strait Islanders exhibition." Museum International 53, no. 3 (July 2001): 8–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-0033.00319.

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Robertson, Helen, Judith Lumley, and Sarah Berg. "How midwives identify women as aboriginal or torres strait islanders." Australian College of Midwives Incorporated Journal 8, no. 3 (September 1995): 26–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1031-170x(05)80021-2.

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Ohshima, George. "Pearl culture and the islanders' society of the torres strait." GeoJournal 16, no. 2 (March 1988): 157–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02433011.

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Mellors, Jane E., Len J. McKenzie, and Robert G. Coles. "Seagrass-Watch: Engaging Torres Strait Islanders in marine habitat monitoring." Continental Shelf Research 28, no. 16 (September 2008): 2339–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2008.03.041.

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Chinnaratha, Mohamed A., Uthayanan Chelvaratnam, Katherine A. Stuart, Simone I. Strasser, Geoffrey W. McCaughan, Paul Gow, Leon A. Adams, and Alan J. Wigg. "Liver transplantation outcomes for Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders." Liver Transplantation 20, no. 7 (June 24, 2014): 798–806. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lt.23894.

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Fleet, Alma, Ros Kitson, Bevan Cassady, and Ross Hughes. "University-Qualified Indigenous Early Childhood Teachers." Australasian Journal of Early Childhood 32, no. 3 (September 2007): 17–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/183693910703200304.

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DEMONSTRATING PERSISTENCE and resilience, increasing numbers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander early childhood teachers are gaining university qualifications. This paper explores factors that support and constrain these students on the path to their degrees. Investigated through a cycle of interviews and focus groups, otherwise perceived as taking time to chat and yarn, the data speaks through Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices. Graduates from a cohort-specific three-year degree program, and several of their colleagues from an earlier program, share their reflections. The importance of family, community and infrastructure support is apparent, as well as recognition of complexities of ‘both ways’ learning (Hughes, Fleet & Nicholls, 2003) and cultural boundary crossing (Giroux, 2005). Highlighting salient factors is critical in efforts to create and maintain conditions in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders can gain university qualiflcations and extend their professional contributions.

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Weuffen, Sara, Fred Cahir, and Margaret Zeegers. "What's in a Name?: Exploring the Implications of Eurocentric (Re)naming Practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nomenclature in Australian Education Practices." Australian Journal of Indigenous Education 45, no. 2 (April 7, 2016): 181–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jie.2016.2.

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The aim of this article is to provide teachers with knowledge of ways in which Eurocentric (re)naming practices inform contemporary pedagogical approaches, while providing understandings pertinent to the mandatory inclusion of the cross-curriculum priority area: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures (Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority, 2015). While we have focused on Eurocentric naming practices, we have also been conscious of names used by Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders to name themselves and others and as non-Indigenous Australians we acknowledge that it is not our place to explore these in detail, or offer alternatives. In this article, we have explored the history of nomenclature as it relates to original inhabitants, the connotations of contemporary (re)naming practices in Australian education and discussed the importance of drawing on cultural protocols and engaging local communities for teaching and learning of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures. It is anticipated that discussions arising from this article may open up spaces where teachers may think about ways in which they approach Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures.

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Atkinson-Briggs, Sharon, Alicia Jenkins, Christopher Ryan, and Laima Brazionis. "Prevalence of Health-Risk Behaviours Among Indigenous Australians With Diabetes: A Review." Journal of the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet 3, no. 4 (2022): 1–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.14221/aihjournal.v3n4.6.

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians are at high risk of Type 2 diabetes and its complications. Optimal lifestyle choices can improve health outcomes. A thematic review of original research publications related to smoking, nutrition, alcohol intake, physical activity and emotional wellness in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians with diabetes was performed. Overall, 7118 English-language publications were identified by search engines (PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus, Medline-Web of Science, and Google Scholar) with search terms Indigenous Australians OR Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders AND diabetes AND lifestyle OR smoking OR nutrition OR alcohol OR physical activity OR emotional wellbeing and their common synonyms. After review of abstracts and publication reference lists, 36 articles met inclusion criteria and were reviewed. In general, the self-reported health-related behaviours of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australian adults with diabetes, which is predominantly Type 2 diabetes, was suboptimal. An important clinical challenge in diabetes care is to sustainably reduce smoking, improve nutrition (including alcohol use), increase physical activity, reduce sedentary time, and improve emotional wellbeing, which should lead to reduced rates of diabetes complications. Regular assessments and multi-stakeholder input, including individuals, communities, clinical, health policy, societal and government inputs and partnerships, are desirable to facilitate closing the gap in health between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous Australians.

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Fuary, Maureen. "A Novel Approach to Tradition: Torres Strait Islanders and Ion Idriess." Australian Journal of Anthropology 8, no. 1 (April 1997): 247–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1835-9310.1997.tb00166.x.

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Jones, A., B. Barnett, A. J. Williams, J. Grayson, S. Busilacchi, A. Duckworth, E. Evans-Illidge, G. A. Begg, and C. D. Murchie. "Effective communication tools to engage Torres Strait Islanders in scientific research." Continental Shelf Research 28, no. 16 (September 2008): 2350–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2008.03.027.

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Guest, Charles. "Diabetes in Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders: effects, causes and strategies." Australian Journal of Public Health 19, no. 5 (February 12, 2010): 442–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-6405.1995.tb00407.x.

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Gabb, G., and A. Vitry. "Serious Statin Associated Myotoxicity (SSAM) in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders." Heart, Lung and Circulation 22 (January 2013): S254. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2013.05.605.

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Kilroy, Peter. "Screening Indigenous Australia: Space, Place and Media in Frances Calvert’s Talking Broken." Ilha do Desterro A Journal of English Language, Literatures in English and Cultural Studies 69, no. 2 (June 7, 2016): 139. http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2175-8026.2016v69n2p139.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2175-8026.2016v69n2p139Drawing on the fields of postcolonial studies and media theory, this article analyzes Frances Calvert’s 1990 documentary, Talking Broken, which, inter alia, looks at the role of space, place and media amongst Australia’s ‘other’ Indigenous minority, Torres Strait Islanders. The article explores the historical and geographical complexity of the space-place-media relation (particularly in terms of the centre-periphery relations between the Torres Strait and the Australian mainland), and considers the extent to which Calvert – after the Australian bicentenary of 1988 – is able to absorb and playfully challenge such formulations. More broadly, it considers the extent to which contemporary Indigenous media might go further and enact a shift from absorbing and challenging such formulations to taking control of media institutions themselves.

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Dasgupta, Paramita, Gail Garvey, and Peter D. Baade. "Quantifying the number of deaths among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cancer patients that could be avoided by removing survival inequalities, Australia 2005–2016." PLOS ONE 17, no. 8 (August 26, 2022): e0273244. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273244.

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Background While Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have poorer cancer survival than other Australians, absolute measures of survival disparities are lacking. This study quantified crude probabilities of deaths from cancer and other causes and estimated the number of avoidable deaths for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders if these survival disparities were removed. Methods Flexible parametric relative survival models were used to estimate reported measures for a population-based cohort of 709,239 Australians (12,830 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples), 2005–2016. Results Among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the 5-year crude probability of cancer death was 0.44, while it was 0.07 for other causes of death. These probabilities were 0.07 and 0.03 higher than among other Australians, respectively. Magnitude of these disparities varied by cancer type and ranged for cancer deaths from <0.05 for pancreatic, prostate and uterine cancers to 0.20 for cervical and head and neck cancers. Values for disparity in other causes of death were generally lower. Among an average cohort of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples diagnosed per year over the most recent five-year diagnosis period (2012–2016, n = 1,269), approximately 133 deaths within 5 years of diagnosis were potentially avoidable if they had the same overall survival as other Australians, with 94 of these deaths due to cancer. The total number of avoided deaths over the entire study period (2005–2016) was 1,348, with 947 of these deaths due to cancer. Conclusions Study findings suggest the need to reduce the prevalence of risk factors prevalence, increase screening participation, and improve early detection, diagnosis and treatment rates to achieve more equitable outcomes for a range of cancer types. Reported measures provide unique insights into the impact of a cancer diagnosis among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples from a different perspective to standard relative survival measures.

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Anderson, Elayne, Jeanne Ellard, and Jack Wallace. "Torres Strait Islanders‘ understandings of chronic hepatitis B and attitudes to treatment." Australian Journal of Primary Health 22, no. 4 (2016): 316. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py14130.

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Indigenous Australians are disproportionally affected by hepatitis B compared with non-Indigenous Australians. The higher prevalence of hepatitis B among Indigenous Australians has been linked to an increased incidence of liver cancer in this population. There is evidence that comprehensive programs of hepatitis B virus management, which include liver cancer surveillance and appropriate antiviral therapy, offer a cost-effective approach to reduce the incidence of liver cancer in Australia. This paper reports on data from the first study investigating understandings of hepatitis B and attitudes to treatment among Torres Strait Islanders living with chronic hepatitis B. Forty-two participants completed an interview questionnaire. Participants typically had an unclear understanding of hepatitis B and reported significant gaps in monitoring and follow up. A majority of participants indicated a willingness to use treatment if required. The findings of this study suggest the need for a new service delivery model that is appropriate to remote communities such as the Torres Strait Islands, to improve hepatitis B follow up, disease monitoring and management, and where appropriate, the uptake of treatment.

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Matthew Taylor, Sean, Kim Usher, and Robyn Mcdermott. "Diabetes in Torres Strait Islanders: Challenges and opportunities for remote area nurses." Contemporary Nurse 46, no. 1 (December 2013): 46–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.5172/conu.2013.46.1.46.

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Fisher, Dale A., and Tarun S. Weeramanthri. "Hospital care for Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders: appropriateness and decision making." Medical Journal of Australia 176, no. 2 (January 2002): 49–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04281.x.

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