Physical activity
Jason Etheridge (JJ)
JJ was born in the Sydney Women's Hospital in 1972, and feels that having a combined background of Torres Strait Islander from his mother's side, and West Indian from his father's side, has given him a broader understanding of Indigenous lifestyles.
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The artwork displayed here is obtained from the Culcha Disc: Australian Indigenous Images Vol 1
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Programs, projects, and lessons
The links provided on this webpage relate primarily to programs, projects, and lessons for the Indigenous Australian population. In documents that address the general Australian population, links to Indigenous-specific chapters have been provided where possible. The materials provided in the sub-sections below are ordered by year (most recent first) and then alphabetically.
Programs and projects
Funding
Australian Sports Commission
Elite Indigenous travel and accommodation assistance program.
Canberra: Australian Sports Commission
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information (HTML)
Go For Your Life
Community walking grants program.
Melbourne: Go For Your Life
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information (HTML)
Healthway
Major projects sponsorship program - active participation sponsorships - Indigenous.
Perth: Healthway
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information (HTML)
Lifestyle
Illawarra Aboriginal Vascular Health Program (2004)
Aunty Jean's good health team - listening to the voices
of the Elders to create an Aboriginal Chronic and Complex
Care program.
Unanderra: Illawarra Health
View
report (PDF - 1.42MB - large file warning)
Food and Health Development Section
(2002)
Be active, eat well: a community building approach.
Melbourne: Department of Human Services
Identifies Indigenous projects in
Appendix 3
View
information (PDF - 100KB)
Queensland Health (2002)
Indigi-walker project
Brisbane: Queensland Health
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information (PDF - 120KB)
Go For Your Life
Collaborative pathway to health and fitness - Worn Gundidj
community.
Melbourne: Go For Your Life
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information (HTML)
Go For Your Life
Koori participation in aquatic education program.
Melbourne: Go For Your Life
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information (HTML)
Leisure Networks
Leisure Networks - participation in community sport and active recreation (PICSAR).
Geelong: Leisure Networks
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information (HTML)
Sport and Recreation Queensland
Indigenous community develoment program.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
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information (HTML)
Population groups
Northern Territory National School Drug Education Strategy
Project (2002)
Indigenous drug education support materials resource -
physical activity.
Darwin: Northern Territory Department of Education
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information (HTML)
View
topic 6 - physical activity (PDF - 3.85MB - large file
warning!)
Queensland Health (2002)
Urban Indigenous physical activity project.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
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information (PDF - 120KB)
Division of Population Health
Working with Indigenous women - move with friends aqua classes.
Camperdown: Central Sydney Area Health Service
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information (HTML)
Go For Your Life
Ambitions - Koori elder awareness program.
Melbourne: Go For Your Life
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information (HTML)
Go For Your Life
Casual bowls - Koori elder program.
Melbourne: Go For Your Life
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information (HTML)
Go For Your Life
Healthy and happy Wathaurong men project.
Melbourne: Go For Your Life
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information (HTML)
Go For Your Life
Koori women get active project.
Melbourne: Go For Your Life
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information (HTML)
WuChopperen Health Service
Hoops 'n' health.
Manoora: WuChopperen Health Service
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HealthInfoNet abstract
Sport
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
Indigenous sport program.
Darwin: Northern Territory Department of Local Government,
Housing, and Sport
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information (HTML)
Australian Sports Commission
National Indigenous sport development program.
Canberra: Australian Sports Commission
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information (HTML)
Australian Sports Commission
Indigenous Contact Officer Network in Sport (ICONS) program.
Canberra: Australian Sports Commission
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information (HTML)
Clontarf Football Academy
Aboriginal football program.
Waterford: Clontarf Football Academy
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information (HTML
Department of Communications, Information Technology, and the Arts
Indigenous sport and recreation program.
Canberra: Department of Communications, Information Technology,
and the Arts
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information (HTML)
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funding guidelines (HTML)
Department of Sport and Recreation WA
StreetSports - Indigenous program.
Perth: Department of Sport and Recreation Western Australia
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information (HTML)
Go For Your Life
Warma sports and social club - Echuca Indigenous community
program.
Melbourne: Go For Your Life
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information (HTML)
Office for Recreation and Sport South Australia
Indigenous sport programs.
Kidman Park: Office for Recreation and Sport South Australia
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information (HTML)
Office for Recreation and Sport South Australia
Indigenous sport education and training programs.
Kidman Park: Office for Recreation and Sport South Australia
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information (HTML)
Port Lincoln Aboriginal Community
Indigenous sporting programs.
Port Lincoln: Port Lincoln Aboriginal Community
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information (HTML)
Sport and Recreation ACT
Indigenous sport and recreation programs.
Canberra: Sport and Recreation ACT
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information (HTML)
Steering Committee for the Review of
Government Service Provision (2003)
Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage. Key indicators 2003.
Canberra: Productivity Commission
Discusses Indigenous sporting programs
on page 131
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information (HTML)
View
report (PDF - 1.3MB - large file warning!)
Lessons
Case studies
Shire of Meekatharra (2004)
Case study 10 - Meekatharra discovery trail and physical activity promotion.
Meekatharra: Shire of Meekatharra
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information (PDF - 176KB)
National Health and Medical Research Council (1996)
Promoting the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Case studies and principles of good practice.
Canberra: National Health and Medical Research Council
Contains information about the Koori Heart
Health Screening Program - page 13
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report (PDF - 396KB)
Sport and Recreation Queensland
Multipurpose court case study.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
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information (HTML)
Sport and Recreation Queensland
Come-and-try day case study.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
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information (HTML)
Sport and Recreation Queensland
Remote and Indigenous hockey case study.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
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information (HTML)
Sport and Recreation Queensland
Indoor sports facility case study.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
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information (HTML)
Lifestyle
Illawarra Aboriginal Vascular Health Program
(2004)
Aunty Jean's good health team - listening to the voices
of the Elders to create an Aboriginal Chronic and Complex
Care program.
Unanderra: Illawarra Health
View
report (PDF - 1.42MB - large file warning)
Social issues
Morris L, Sallybanks J, Willis K, Makkai T (2003)
Sport, physical activity and antisocial behaviour in youth.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology
Discusses Indigenous
issues throughout the document
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summary (HTML)
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information (PDF - 288KB)
Sport
Department of Indigenous Affairs (2005)
Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage in Western Australia.
Key indicators 2005.
Perth: Department of Indigenous Affairs
Discusses Indigenous sporting programs
on page 131
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information (HTML)
View
chapter 4 (PDF - 2.0MB - large file warning!)
View
summary booklet (PDF - 2.2MB - large file warning!)
View
report (PDF - 39.52MB - large file warning!)
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