Aboriginal Resources

Featured Reports

The Victorian Aboriginal Community Services Association Limited, in partnership with the Victorian Aboriginal Education Association Incorporated and the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, was commissioned by the Department of Human Services to identify the most appropriate ways to engage Aboriginal children and their parents in early years service activity. The status report draws together current data about the health, development, learning and well-being of Aboriginal children living in Victoria. 

Aboriginal Best Start - status report 2004 (PDF - 395Kb) - this report focuses on providing a better understanding of the specific health, education and wellbeing needs of Aboriginal young children and their families and communities. This report provides:

• a summary of the outcomes of consultations with parents and communities
• a profile of the health and wellbeing status of Aboriginal children aged from birth to eight years in Victoria
• and overview of State, national and international research and models of practice relevant to the Aboriginal community
• an exploration of potential practice solutions to inform the recommendations for the core components of the Aboriginal Best Start demonstration projects and the mainstream demonstration projects.

Other Reports

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care Review: Consultant Report No 1 (PDF - 826Kb)- National Strategies for Improving Indigenous Health and Health Care. Judith Dwyer, Kate Silburn and Gai Wilson, La Trobe University
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care Review: Consultant Report No 6 (PDF - 375Kb) - Maternal and Child Health Care Services: Actions in the Primary Health Care Setting to Improve the Health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women of Childbearing Age, Infants and Young Children. Sandra Eades, Menzies School of Health Research
• Summary of Western Australian Aboriginal Child Health Survey (PDF - 26Kb)
• Putting the Picture Together (Gordon Report) (PDF - 4.6Mb) - Inquiry into Response by Government Agencies to Complaints of Family Violence and Child Abuse in Aboriginal Communities