The following list of information and resources was compiled in 2012 by the Wimmera Primary Care Partnership’s Closing the Gap in Aboriginal Health project officer. It contains links to a selection of websites and key documents relating to Closing the Gap and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, history and current affairs.
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Days of Significance 2020
Local Organisations and Contacts
Horsham
Halls Gap
Recognising Traditional Owners
Websites
- Australian Indigienous HealthInfoNet (Department of Health and Ageing)
- Onemda (Vichealth Koori Health Unit)
- Reconciliation Australia
- Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR)
- Australian Government (FaHSCIA) – Closing the Gap: Key Documents
- Oxfam Australia – Closing the Gap
- Australian Government: Closing the Gap
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) & Australian Institute of Family Studies: Closing the Gap Clearing House
- Medicare Australia
- Australian Human Rights Commission – Indigenous Health Campaign
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AITSIS)
- Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC)
- Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO)
- Aboriginal Affairs (Victoria) Taskforce
Closing the Gap Key Documents
- Close the Gap: Statement of Intent
- National Partnership Agreement on Closing the Gap in Indigenous Health Outcomes
- What is the history of closing the gap?
- Closing the Gap – Prime Ministers Reports 2014
- Australian Indigenous HealthInfo Net – Key Closing the Gap Resources
- Closing the Gap in Life Expectancy (2012), Reconciliation Australia
- Sick Lives Cut Short (2006), Tom Calma
Publications
- Wimmera Koori Family Violence Police Protocols – A partnership between Victoria Police, Department of Justice & Regulation, and the Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention Legal Service Victoria
- What works to overcome Indigenous disadvantage: key learnings and gaps in the evidence.
- Towards Reconciliation in Aboriginal Health: Initiatives for Teaching Medical Students about Aboriginal Issues.
- Aboriginal health in Victoria: Identifying the determinants of physical and mental health.
- Working Together: Aboriginal and Torre Strait Islander Mental Health and Wellbeing Principles and Practice.
- Achieving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Equality within a Generation: A Human Rights Based Approach
Case Studies
- Success Stories in Indigenous Health (2007), Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation
- Apology to Australia’s Indigenous Peoples (2008), Hon Kevin Rudd
- Journeys into Medicine (2009), Australian Indigenous Doctors Association
Health Promotion
- Life is Health is Life: Taking Action to Close the Gap
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Engagement Toolkit
- Talkin’ Up Good Air Health Worker Resource Kit
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Census Data (2011)
Data – Other
- Koolin Balit Victorian Government Strategic Directions for Aboriginal Health 2012 – 2022
- The State of Victoria’s Children 2009: Aboriginal Children and Young People in Victoria
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Population Data
- National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey (2008)
- Key Social and Economic Indicators Measuring Progress in Closing the Gap
Websites
- Smoke Free Mob
- Strong Smart & Deadly – Youtube Clip
- Move It Mob Style
- The First Australians – TV Series
Films
- National Film and Sound Archive: Indigenous Collection
- The Black Book Directory
- Creative Spirits Movie and Film Timeline
Books
Music
Language Maps
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AITSIS)
- Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages (VACL)