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Engaging with Indigenous Australians: principles, practices and learnings
Anne Hampshire and Jane Lawton
Mission Australia
Contact Email: HampshireA
missionaustralia.com.au
Many mainstream non-government organisations committed to enhancing the wellbeing of Australians want to more positively engage with Indigenous Australians. But ‘good intentions’ do not guarantee that, at the very least, no damage is done through such engagement. This paper will explore some of the principles and practices which underpin positive engagement.
It will share some of the findings of a national survey of managers of Mission Australia, a large mainstream organisation, which sought views on current and future engagement with Indigenous Australians. The presentation will also use two current case studies to identify some of the principles of positive engagement, explore some of the practical components of such engagement and to share the learnings and reflections to date. The first case study will be Koori Link, a community service program in the regional city of Orange, New South Wales; the second will be a range of employment and training initiatives operating on the islands close to metropolitan Brisbane.
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