A snapshot of the Northern Territory: the territory of diversity.
Introduction
This paper examines the challenges the Northern Territory of Australia faces in maintaining its economic, social and economic integrity. It considers the geographical, cultural, political and economic factors that impact on the Northern Territory and then addresses these in relation to the high population of Indigenous Australian's of the Northern Territory.
Demographic Statistics
The Northern Territory which has the highest population of persons identified as being of Indigenous origin. The Australian Bureau of Statistics 2001 Census shows that there were 410,003 people (2.2%) (202,954 males and 207,049 females) in Australia who identified as being of Indigenous origin (ABS, 2001). The highest percentage of these reside in the Northern Territory (25.1%). Interestingly since the 1996 census there was a reported increase of 57,033 people (16.2%) of persons identified as Indigenous origin (ABS, 2001).......
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