La Perouse NSW 2036: History, Culture, and Indigenous Services

AREA OF FOCUS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONTENTS
Area of
focus ................................................................................................................................
.........................2
La Perouse NSW
2036 .................................................................................................................................
........ 2
Traditional Custodians of the
land ...................................................................................................................... 2
Languages ....................................................................................................................................
....................... 3
Sites of
Significance .....................................................................................................................
....................... 4
La Perouse Mission
Church .............................................................................................................................
4
Aboriginal Land
council .............................................................................................................................
...... 4
Foreshore Camp (former Meadow
Reserve) .................................................................................................. 4
Yarra
Park ..................................................................................................................................
..................... 4
Events of Historical
significance ......................................................................................................................
... 5
Indigenous
Demographics ..................................................................................................................
................ 5
Language .....................................................................................................................................
.................... 5
Age ..............................................................................................................................................
.................... 5
Gender .........................................................................................................................................
................... 6
Socio economic
Status ...............................................................................................................................
..... 6
Indigenous
services.............................................................................................................................
................ 8
Education .....................................................................................................................................
................... 8
employment .................................................................................................................................
.................. 8

Support for aboriginal
enterprises/organisation ............................................................................................ 8
Mainstream services offering indigenous
services ............................................................................................. 8
Analysis .......................................................................................................................................
........................ 9
REFERENCES ............................................................................................................................
.......................... 10

AREA OF FOCUS
LA PEROUSE NSW 2036
Located at south eastern part of Sydney is the beautiful place La Perouse. This place falls lies
under the Randwick municipality. This place is consists of larger community of
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. La Perouse has a population of 438, among
which only 4 people belong to Torres Strait Islanders. Due to the historical event this
place is held significant and this community is my area of interest.
TRADITIONAL CUSTODIANS OF THE LAND
Aboriginal community inhabits La Perouse for at least thousands of years. After the British
settlement in 1788 at Botany Bay, the Aboriginal people approximately 1500 has been
estimated to live around in this region ( Aboriginal Land Council, La Perouse).