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The Women's Refuge and the crowded house: Aboriginal homelessness hidden in Tennant Creek
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Memmott, Paul Nash, Daphne Baffour, Bernard Greenop, Kelly |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Abstract | This report presents the findings of a study considering how homelessness is experienced by Aboriginal women in Tennant Creek and the surrounding areas, and profiling the Tennant Creek Women’s Refuge. The Tennant Creek Women’s Refuge is funded by a mix of Commonwealth and State funds, and provides crisis accommodation for up to eight adult women and their children, for up to three months. The agency also provides a domestic violence service, food, information and advocacy, referrals, access to transport, and assistance with removing furniture and personal belongings. The report suggests that the average household size in Tennant Creek may be almost 10 individuals per house, more than three times higher than the Census estimate. This difference is explained by a difference in definition: the report includes transient and mobile individuals in a way that the Census may not. The report highlighted how Aboriginal patterns of mobility do not fit neatly into categories of homelessness. For example, the Women’s Refuge manager suggested that many of her clients may be residing at two, three or four addresses in Tennant Creek simultaneously, with possessions distributed between all locations. Evidence suggests that women in Tennant Creek who sought support were primarily escaping domestic violence. In addition, some were also homeless as a result of overcrowding or poor transport. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.aerc.uq.edu.au/filething/get/2017/HL_Womens_Refuge.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
