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Aboriginal Children Belong in the Aboriginal Community: Changing Practices in Adoption
Author(s) -
Sommerlad Elizabeth A.
Publication year - 1977
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.1839-4655.1977.tb00597.x
Subject(s) - project commissioning , opposition (politics) , publishing , white (mutation) , welfare , public relations , voice , sociology , white paper , political science , law , biochemistry , chemistry , linguistics , philosophy , politics , gene
The placement of aboriginal children has been the responsibility of white social workers attached to state welfare agencies. Many of these children have been fostered or adopted by white families and have had little or no contact with the aboriginal community. Aboriginal people are now voicing opposition to such practices and are calling for an end to inter‐racial adoption. They want the placement of all aboriginal children to be in the hands of the aboriginal community and are seeking to establish aboriginal placement agencies. These, and other demands, were voiced by an aboriginal task group at the recent First Australian Conference on Adoption.