Pine Creek Aborigines and Town camps

Abstract

This study of the Pine Creek Aboriginal town camps is first of all designed to provide the Pine Creek Aboriginal Advancement Association with documentation describing the camps and their residents in detail. It gives those interested in Aborigines of the Northern Territory of Australia some understanding of the aboriginal camps of a small historic Territory town whose population is largely non-Aboriginal in origin. It also provides a small town camp perspective on several issues pertinent to town camps in general.¶ In addition to being used to record factual information, the questionnaire was also used as a way of generating conversation about themselves, their concerns and the Pine Creek community. The researcher had access to non-confidentilal community records. Interviews were held with two former camp managers and with the DAA regional office personnel and key business and community leaders in the town of Pine Creek. A photographic record was made of camp facilities and housing.