Paul Ban takes readers on an historically important and remarkable journey of the Kupai Omasker Working Party. In Queensland, whilst we have attained legal recognition of Torres Strait Islander traditional child rearing practices, the real driving force behind this world first achievement was a small band of Torres Strait Islanders and a handful of philanthropists who formed the Kupai Omasker Working Party. In this book, the Kupai Omasker Working Party give an unfiltered account...
Table of Content
Meaning Of The Front Cover Artwork
Foreword
Ode And Dedication To A Leader – Ezra Stephen Leo Mam (Eslm)
Introduction
Customary Adoption – An Anthropo...
About the author
Paul Ban is not a Torres Strait Islander but has previously worked for the Department of Children’s Services 1977 to 1988, spending four years in the Cairns office....