Remote as Ever

The Aboriginal Struggle for Autonomy in Australia's Western Desert

David Scrimgeour
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Remote as Ever

Published

29 November 2022

ISBN

9780522878974

Pages

336

Imprint

Melbourne University Press

Remote as Ever

The Aboriginal Struggle for Autonomy in Australia's Western Desert

David Scrimgeour
What does the future hold for Aboriginal Australians of the Western Desert?
In Remote as Ever, David Scrimgeour tells the story of his working life as a doctor in isolated communities in Australia's Western Desert in the late 1970s. Being involved in the Homelands movement and the Aboriginal community-controlled health campaign gave him significant insight into the strength of the Aboriginal struggle for autonomy-a struggle too often undermined by government policy. In an account replete with strong controversies and stronger personalities, Scrimgeour demonstrates that the future of these communities, and indeed the health of its individual members, remain in the balance.
In Remote as Ever, David Scrimgeour tells the story of his working life as a doctor in isolated communities in Australia's Western Desert in the late 1970s. Being involved in the Homelands movement and the Aboriginal community-controlled health campaign gave him significant insight into the strength of the Aboriginal struggle for autonomy-a struggle too often undermined by government policy. In an account replete with strong controversies and stronger personalities, Scrimgeour demonstrates that the future of these communities, and indeed the health of its individual members, remain in the balance.

The book consists of one man’s story placed in the context of black attempts to operate health systems in accordance with white views, and a black solution that is yet to play out. Fascinating!”
Queensland Reviewers Collective

David Scrimgeour

David Scrimgeour

David Scrimgeour AM has graduated in medicine and public health from the University of Melbourne and Harvard University, and is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Health at the University of Adelaide. He has worked in many parts of Australia and the Third World as a general practitioner and public health physician. His main professional interest has been in the health care of Australian First Nations within the spirit of self-determination, particularly in the remote…

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