Welfare, Social Work and an Indigenous Community: Mission to Town

by Meaghan Katrak

This book explores the development and engagement of welfare and social work with an Indigenous community in north west Victoria Australia, from the late 1960's onwards. Drawing on the narrative and lived experience of one Indigenous community and placed within the historical context of legislation, policy, and practice, it explores the complexities of how welfare and social work's development has been shaped by the assimilationist policies of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612297978
• ISBN13: 9781612297972
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Common Ground Publishing
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"