Keeping them home: Aboriginal out-of-home care in Australia

Families in Society

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 537-545

  Valentine, Bruce ^a,c   Gray, Mel ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 33845776274     PISSN: 10443894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.3569     Document Type: Conference Paper

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