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Torres Strait Islander Women

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

Ketrina Barnes
Ketrina Barnes*
Affiliation:
The University of Queensland, Brisbane
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During some stage in their lives many Torres Strait Islanders, especially women will migrate to Australia in order to further their education, employment and training (Warrior, 1997). This paper focuses on a recent that I carried out among Torres Strait Islander women living on the mainland. The purpose of the survey is to indicate how Torres Strait Islander women are maintaining their identity whilst living on the mainland. To show these results, first the Torres Strait Islanders will be discussed generally to give an overview of their identity, then briefly Torres Strait Islanders on the mainland will be discussed. The paper will then conclude which the results from the survey conducted.

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Section D: Torres Strait
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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , July 1998 , pp. 25 - 30
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998

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