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Community engagement report

Details:

Title

Community engagement report

Other title

Socom + DodsonLane; Our home, our homeland; NTG outstations policy

Creator

Socom + DodsonLane

Collection

E-Publications; E-Books; PublicationNT

Date

2009

Description

Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).

Notes

Date:2009

Language

English

Subject

Aboriginal Australians -- Services for -- Northern Territory; Aboriginal Australians -- Government policy -- Northern Territory; Sparsely populated areas -- Northern Territory; Northern Territory -- Politics and government -- 2001-

Publisher name

Northern Territory Government

Place of publication

Darwin

Format

60 p. ; 30 cm.

File type

application/pdf.

Copyright owner

Check within Publication or with content Publisher.

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/244224

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/596087

Page content

be run at homelands. They can do bush walking and learn more, to get away from drugs and learn who belongs to the country Place for young people to learn leadership and respect Homelands are important to our well-being Some people live on their Homeland for most of the year. It is their permanent home. Are there other reasons for running an Outstation? Most Demed homelands are lived on permanently they receive weekly food deliveries, fortnightly health visits and some receive partial educational service delivery There are many cultural reasons why homelands may not be lived in permanently: family feuds, ceremonial obligations away from the homeland which one cannot miss out on, attendance at funeral ceremonies and family visiting obligations to other areas If homelands do not have enough basic services or limited/poor housing it makes it hard for people to live there all the time Which services work well in your Homeland? Health visits are regular to homelands Food deliveries are regular and allow people to live at their homeland through most of the year Some rubbish management Airstrips are maintained for emergencies - excepting Mandilbarreng (community id # 359) Transport for cultural and community use is supported by 4 vehicles run through Demed The Council helps with funerals NT Outstation Policy Community Engagement December 08 24