Life on the edge: Housing experiences in three remote Australian indigenous settlements

This analysis of housing experiences and aspirations in three remote Indigenous settlements in Australia (Mimili, Maningrida and Palm Island) reveals extreme liveability problems directly related to the scale and form of housing provision. Based upon field visits to each of the settlements and exten...

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Published in:	Habitat international 2011-04, Vol.35 (2), p.343-349
Main Authors:	Fien, John, Charlesworth, Esther, Lee, Gini, Baker, Douglas, Grice, Tammy, Morris, David
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Australia Australian aborigines Building Buildings Economic conditions Housing Indigenous Indigenous populations Islands Land settlement Liveability Living conditions Local communities Maningrida Mimili Native races Palm Island Quality of life Remote
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Summary:	This analysis of housing experiences and aspirations in three remote Indigenous settlements in Australia (Mimili, Maningrida and Palm Island) reveals extreme liveability problems directly related to the scale and form of housing provision. Based upon field visits to each of the settlements and extensive interviews with residents and local housing and community officers, the paper analyses two aspects of living in such housing conditions at two spatial scales, the layout of the settlement and the design of individual houses. The failings at both scales are shown to be the fault of a dysfunctional housing system that is only recently being addressed.
ISSN:	0197-3975 1873-5428