Lessons from a history of beer canteens and licensed clubs in Indigenous Australian communities
Details:
Title
Lessons from a history of beer canteens and licensed clubs in Indigenous Australian communities,
Creator
Brady, Maggie,
Collection
E-Publications,
E-Books,
PublicationNT,
CAEPT Discussion Paper No. 290/2014,
Date
2014-07,
Description
"The idea that alcoholic drinks should be made available in licensed canteens or clubs in discrete Aboriginal communities has a contentious history in Australian public policy. This discussion paper aims to provide some historical depth to the latest resurgence of interest in the idea. The paper traces the social and policy changes that created a context within which it was thought that rationed sales of alcohol in home communities would encourage responsible drinking practices among Indigenous drinkers. Such experiments followed closely on the repeal of Aboriginal prohibition in the Northern Territory, South Australia and Queensland. The paper also discusses what went wrong with these establishments and makes suggestions for the future." -- From abstract.,
Notes
Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).,
Table of contents
Series note -- Abstract -- Introduction: the need for a historical perspective -- Drinking laws in Australia - a history of liberalisation: The effects of liberal drinking laws - Indigenous Australians and drinking regulation -- Establishment of the clubs: The influence of government officials - The influence of missions -- What went wrong?: An arbitrary process of development - Misplaced optimism over elders' authority - Poor understanding of social learning - An embedded drinking culture - A policy vacuum: Beginning of change. Where to from here? Notes. References.,
Language
English,
Subject
Substance use,
Drinking,
Indigenous,
Intervention,
Licensed venues,
Community clubs,
Publisher name
Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University,
Place of publication
Canberra,
Series
CAEPT Discussion Paper No. 290/2014,
Format
29 pages : maps,
File type
application/pdf,
ISBN
731556704,
ISSN
1036-1774,
Use
Copyright,
Copyright owner
Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University,