rekordy: Indigenous Australians

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Recent changes to the Indigenous population geography of Australia: evidence from the 2016 Census. Background The Indigenous population of Australia has grown very rapidly since the first tabulation of census statistics about Indigenous people in the 1971 ABS Census of Population and Housing (Census). Understanding the size and location of the Indigenous Australians is important to the State for service delivery and policy, and for Indigenous peoples themselves. Aims This paper summarises changes to population geography of Indigenous Australians between 2011 and 2016. It describes the growth in the estimated population, and its changing geographic distribution. The paper derives a measure o…

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Making sense of census data: A components analysis of employment change among indigenous Australians

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Indigenous Peoples and the Australian census: value, trust, and participation. No abstract.

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Aboriginal Australians are the various indigenous peoples of the Australian mainland and many of its islands, excluding the ethnically distinct people of the Torres Strait Islands. Humans first migrated to Australia 50,000 to 65,000 years ago, and over time formed as many as 500 linguistic and territorial groups. Aboriginal people once lived across large areas of the continental shelf that were later inundated by postglacial sea-level rise at the start of the Holocene inter-glacial period, reshaping coastal landscapes and separating Tasmania from the mainland. Aboriginal people maintained extensive networks within the continent and certain groups maintained relationships with Torres Strait…

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The population of Australia is estimated to be 27,994,737 as of 26 June 2026. It is the 54th most populous country in the world and the most populous Oceanian country. Its population is concentrated mainly in urban areas, particularly on the Eastern, South Eastern and Southern seaboards, and is expected to exceed 30 million by 2031. Australia's population has grown from an estimated population of between 300,000 and 2,400,000 Indigenous Australians at the time of British colonisation in 1788 due to numerous waves of immigration during the period since. Also due to immigration, the European component's share of the population rose sharply in the late 18th and 19th centuries, but is now decli…

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The Indigenous peoples of the Americas, also called Indians, Amerindians, or simply Natives, are the peoples who are native to the Americas or the Western Hemisphere. Their ancestors are among the pre-Columbian population of South or North America, including Central America and the Caribbean. Indigenous peoples live throughout the Americas. There are at least 1,000 different Indigenous languages of the Americas still in use in the 21st century. Some languages, including Quechua, Arawak, Aymara, Guaraní, Nahuatl, and some Mayan languages, have millions of speakers and are recognized as official by governments in Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay, and Greenland. Indigenous peoples, whether residing in…

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Racism against various ethnic or minority groups has existed in Australia since British colonisation. During Australia's colonial history and post-federation, the Indigenous peoples of Australia faced severe restrictions on their political, social, and economic freedoms, and suffered genocide, forced removals, and massacres. They continue to face unlawful discrimination. European, Sub-Saharan African, Asian, Pacific Islander, Arab, Iranian, Latin American, and North American Australians have also been the victims of discrimination and harassment. In addition, Jews, Italians and the Irish were often subjected to xenophobic exclusion and other forms of religious and ethnic discrimination. Rac…

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Irish Australians (Irish: Gael-Astrálaigh) are ‌‍‍‍‍residents of Australia who are either fully or partially of Irish descent. Irish immigrants and their descendants have had a prominent presence in Australian society since the First Fleet's arrival in New South Wales in 1788. Irish Australians have played a considerable role in the history of Australia. They came to Australia from the late eighteenth century as convicts and free settlers wanting to emigrate from their homeland. Some of those who were transported to Australia were prisoners of war, many of whom had fought in the 1798 Irish rebellion for independence, whereas others were settlers who struggled to establish their lives during…

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The history of Indigenous Australians began 50,000 to 65,000 years ago when humans first populated the Australian continent. This article covers the history of Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander peoples, two broadly defined groups which each include other sub-groups defined by language and culture. Human habitation of the Australian continent began with the migration of the ancestors of today's Aboriginal Australians by land bridges and short sea crossings from what is now Southeast Asia. The Aboriginal people spread throughout the continent, adapting to diverse environments and climate change to develop one of the oldest continuous cultures on Earth. At the time of first Euro…

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Advancing equity in routine-care internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy: Representativeness, outcomes, engagement, and satisfaction.. Background Internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy (ICBT) has potential to reduce access barriers, yet it remains unclear how well routine-care ICBT reaches underserved groups and whether symptom outcomes, engagement, and satisfaction are comparable across demographic subgroups. Methods Routine-care ICBT clinic data ( N = 1640) collected in 2021 were compared with provincial census estimates from the 2021 Canadian census ( N = 22,705) after harmonizing demographic categories. Longitudinal depressive and anxiety outcomes were analyzed using mixe…

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Factors associated with Medicare mental health service use by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults and children in an urban area: A case study from Southeast Queensland.. Objective This study explored differences in mental health service use between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians and identified related sociodemographic, mental health history and service factors in an urban Indigenous population. Methods We analysed linked 2021 Census, 2021 Medicare Benefits Schedule, and composite Indigenous identifier data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics Person-Level Integrated Data Asset for 2,494,381 individuals (2.98% Indigenous) in Southeast Queensland residents. Results Bot…

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Disparities in the use of Medicare-subsidised telehealth mental health services by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians in Southeast Queensland.. Objective This study examines disparities in rates and number of telehealth used among Indigenous Medicare mental health services users in Southeast Queensland. Methods We analysed the 2021 Census and Medicare Benefits Schedule data for 298,283 individuals who used MBS-subsidised community mental health services, including 78,048 who used telehealth. Descriptive and regression analyses were conducted. Results Indigenous Australians were significantly less likely to use telehealth than non-Indigenous Australians (24.66% vs 26.23%, p p…