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Trauma Trails: Recreating Song Lines by Judy Atkinson
Publication Date: 2002

Taking readers into the depths of sadness and despair and into the heights of celebration and hope, this disturbing account details the trauma suffered by Australia's indigenous people and the resultant "trauma trails" spread throughout the country.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' Health and Wellbeing by Brett Biles
Publication Date: 2019

This book addresses the need to reorient mainstream health to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ ways. It focuses on the philosophy of Indigenous Australian cultural competence, where the onus of responsibility is not on the patient but instead on the clinician.
Understanding the Australian Aboriginal experience of collective, historical and intergenerational trauma by Karen Menzies
Publication Date: 2019 in International Social Work

Provides a summary of the evolving definition of trauma, and discusses collective, historical and intergenerational trauma and the value of these concepts in understanding the health and social challenges we see within Australian Aboriginal communities.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet - Trauma - For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities the trauma of colonisation comes in many forms, both historic and ongoing, via racism, violence and disadvantage.
The Family Matters Report 2020 - The report highlights states and territories that are leading the way to enable self-determination for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in child protection including through family-led decision-making programs and the delegation of child protection services to Aboriginal community-controlled organisations.
Breaking the Cycle of Trauma: Koori Parenting, What Works for Us - Suite of Koori parenting resources released by the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service (VAHS).

PsycINFO - Behavioral sciences and mental health. Includes related disciplines such as medicine, law, social work, neuroscience, and nursing.
Lit Search - Produced by the Lowitja Institute, provides access to Aborginal and Torres Strait Islander health literature on the PubMed database via 27 search topics.
Informit Health Collection - Australasian health information covering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health; Incidence & prevention of disease; mental illness; nursing; pediatrics & geriatrics; personal health & safety; substance abuse, rural & remote health.

Indigenisation resources: Trauma