1. Koorie is the term used by the Indigenous community of Victoria and New South Wales to describe them selves
2. Since the 1970s the policy of assimilation has been replaced by one of self-determination, which has allowed for the development of the community organisations in which many of the participants in this study are employed. Urban Koories, however, represent less than 1% of Melbourne's population
3. Aboriginal Concepts of the Family
4. C. Ambrus with P. Eatock (undated manuscript) Racism and sexism as determinants of the status and position of Aboriginal men and women in Australia, p. 135