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Housing and Health in an Aboriginal Community in Bourke, New South Wales
Author(s) -
Kamien M.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1976.tb00570.x
Subject(s) - project commissioning , publishing , health hazard , administration (probate law) , hazard , socioeconomics , rural community , economic growth , rural society , geography , sociology , rural area , gerontology , environmental health , medicine , political science , law , economics , chemistry , organic chemistry
Many aborigines in rural and in urban centres live in housing conditions which prevent them from leading a normal family life. This paper describes how a deficiency in number, type, quality and administration of housing in the rural town of Bourke, New South Wales, contributed to the poor morale of the aborigines as well as being a physical, psychological and social health hazard.