The Relationship between Wellbeing and Indigenous Land, Language and Culture in Australia

Australian Geographer

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 215-232

  Biddle, Nicholas ^a   Swee, Hannah ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

culture; Indigenous Australians; land; language; survey data; wellbeing

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LAND USE; LANGUAGE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SUSTAINABILITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84865812828     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: 14653311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2012.706201     Document Type: Article

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