xx, 174 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Aboriginal accounts of drinking and not drinking,aboriginal australians -- alcohol use. | alcohol -- physiological effect.

6 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.the books are roughly in historical order, they are designed for students of all kinds for health workers and those working in alcohol programs - for those people trying to learn more about indigenous alcohol problems.aboriginal australians -- alcohol use. | torres strait islanders -- alcohol use. | drinking of alcoholic beverages -- australia. | alcoholism -- australia.

viii, 51 p. ; 26 cm.Contents: Concepts of youth and adolescence - The Aboriginal youth population in Australia; Urban and rural residence.The health of young Aboriginal people: an overview - Mortality: an overview; Specific data on mortality; Morbidity: an overview; Specific data on morbidity; Presentations at local health centres.Social factors related to youth health - Sexually transmitted Diseases; AIDS: prevalence and education; Social issues and AIDS; Pelvic inflammatory disease; Childbirth among adolescent girls; Social and cultural issues in youthful childbirth; Young mothers; Maternal education; Ear disease: prevalence and social influences; Eye disease: prevalence and solutions.Psychosocial health issues among young Aborigines - Prevalence of drug and alcohol use; Social factors associated with drug use; Stress and mental health; Interpersonal violence, accidents and poisoning; Domestic violence and child abuse.Social factors in overall health - Priorities; Washing; Eating; School; Utilisation of health services; Hospitalisation; Aboriginal Medical Services; Drug and alcohol services.Issues related to urban or remote residence - Health issues and remoteness; 'Street kids'; Sport play and recreation; Some concluding ideas; Recommendations and key issues.aboriginal australians -- health and hygiene. | youth, aboriginal australian -- health and hygiene.

xii, 223 p. ; ill., maps : 24 cm.In Heavy Metal the author attempts to go beyond the socio-political or disease models. Brady focuses on petrol (gasoline) sniffing in a number of Aboriginal communities to arrive at an understanding of the users' subjective decisions to engage in this behaviour.... This informed ethnographic account is the first major published study of contemporary drug use by Aborigines.petrol sniffing -- australia. | aboriginal australians -- health and hygiene. | aboriginal australians -- substance use. | inhalant abuse -- australia.

The film tells the story of the birth of the union movement in Virginia, USA. It relates to a strike about conditions and pay where scab labour was deployed which led to mass killings.Relevant to the history of the union movement in the United States.VHScoal strike, w. va., 1920-21, matewan, coal miners, strikes, industrial action, scab labour

Descriptions and sketches of some landmarks of the City of Berwick, which includes Doveton, Hallam, Narre Warren, Berwick and Harkaway, Victoria.settlers, township, schools

This book was compiled by Kate SHAW of St Kilda, one who had battled against the SCDC 'Bayside' development and the demolition of the Missions to Seamen building, by asking a number of academics and community members to write essays on various aspects of the development. The book was launched at the MIssions to Seamen building in February 1988, as both the Environmental Effects Enquiry and the Victorian Parliament resumed sittings.Paper back book, 76 pages, white cover printed in blue and black, titled 'Bayside Views - a collection of critical perspectives on the Bayside development'town planning - proposals shelved - bayside, environmental issues, kate shaw, judy wilks, pat grainger, kim dovey, barbara riddoch-mouy, maggie fooke, kirk hanscombe, mike berry, chris ryan, bob mcdonald, cura, peter justice, mark bartley, vicki davies

Ewan OGILVY, former Melbourne Councillor and also of Community Services Victoria, Inner Urban Ministerial Advisory Committee and Uniting Church's Centre for Urban Research and Action (CURA), was instrumental in social justice approaches to town planning. He and CURA's Social Justice and the City Project funded Port Melbourne community groups protesting against the SCDC development in 1987. His files were presented to the Society in May 2001 on his preparation for leaving Victoria.From Ewan OGILVY'S chronologically organised 'Bayside Papers' relating to the proposed development of Port Melbourne industrial land in the late 1980s: Bayside Views - A Collection of critical perspectives on the Bayside Development, a book of essays on Bayside issues, 1988 - funded by the Justice in the City projectSigned 'Ewan Ogilvy'town planning, town planning - proposals shelved - bayside, public action campaigns, environmental issues, public housing, missions to seamen, centre for urban research and action (cura), uniting church, sandridge city development co pty ltd, scdc, linton r lethlean, barry pullen, ewan ogilvy