Vacuums and veils: Engaging with statistically 'invisible' indigenous population dynamics in Yamatji country, Western Australia

Geographical Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 408-421

  Prout, Sarah ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Census; Indigenous spatiality; Migrant narratives; Mobility dimensions; Policy research nexus

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INTERNAL MIGRATION; MOBILITY; PERCEPTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; SOCIAL POLICY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TYPOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 73449130079     PISSN: 17455863     EISSN: 17455871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-5871.2009.00584.x     Document Type: Article

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