The authors would like to acknowledge the assistance of the Office of Aboriginal Affairs and the South Australian Department for Community Welfare in constructing this manual. We are especially grateful to Mr. B. Dexter and Mr. J. Long of the Office of Aboriginal Affairs, Messrs. Cox, D. Busbridge, J. Millar and Joseph Leung of the Department for Community Welfare and Mr. D. Wilson of the South Australian Health Department. In addition we are indebted to the large number of Aborigines, doctors, nurses, teachers, administrators and anthropologists who supplied us with information. We list them below. The responsibility for the selection and presentation of information remains with the authors.
Mr. and Mrs. David Abrahms, Mr. Robert Agius, Ms. Josephine Agius, Rev. Paul Albrecht, Ms. Roslyn Alexander, Mr. David Amery, Sr. Joan Armstrong, Mr. P.K. Auerbach, Miss Margaret Bain, Ms. Louise Benbolt, Mr. & Mrs. John Bennett, Mr. Athol Blython, Mr.&Mrs. Dick Brady, Sr. Jesse Bray, Mr. Douglas Brown, Mr. & Mrs. Dudley Brown, Mr. Don Busbridge, Mr. William Butler, Mr. Bob Capp, Miss Cathy Coomb, Mr. Malcolm Cooper, Mr. H.J. Copley, Mr. Winston Copley, Mr. Wally Crowley, Ms. Veronica Davies, Mr. Robert Day, Dr. Carolyn Dearlove, Sr. Gina Dennell, Rev. Jim Downing, Mr. David Driver, Dr. Charles Duguid, Mr. Tom Edge, Mr. & Mrs. Bill Edwards, Ms. Purki Edwards, Mr. Roger Evans, Sr. Jocinta Feain, Sr. Dot Forbes, Sr. Barbara Forrest, Sr. Dorothy Gartery, Miss Judy Grail, Mr. Mike Green, Miss Cathy Guinness, Mrs. Annette Hamilton, Mr. Peter Hamilton, Ms. Daphne Hampton, Mr. ~ Mrs. John Hancock, Miss Winnifred Hilliard, Mr. David Hope, Dr. Ralph Horton, Sr. Anne Hume, Mr. Paddy Imalyangu, Mr. Roger James, Miss Rhoda Jenkins, Dr. Kerry Kirke, Dr. W.E. Laufer, Mr. Jim Lester, Mr. Joseph Leung, Mr. Barry Lindner, Mr. Jim Little, Mr. Ken McDonald, Mr. Neil McGarvie, Ms. Mercy Mastrosavas, Mr. Peter Mungkuri, Sr. Joan Neilsen, Mr. Don Pedder, Mr. R. Percy, Mrs. Gwen Power, Miss Sandra Preissig, Miss Margaret Rankin, Miss J. Ratchin, Ms. Cissie Riley, Miss Carolyn Robbins, Mr. Charles Roullier, Ms. Rose Sansbury, Mr. John Scanlon, Mrs. Nancy Shepard, Mr. George Smith, Sr. Rosemary Snodgrass, Sr. Sandra Stacy, Ms. Nellie Stuart, Mr. Peter Stuart, Mr. John Summers, Miss Coosje Swanink, Mr. Bernie Thomas, Sr. Faith Thomas, Sr. Gayle Thomson, Mr. Colin Tjapiya, Mr. Peter Tjatrtja, Mr. Douglas Tjurki, Miss Colleen Tschuna, Mr. Glen Valance, Miss Marilyn Voigt, Mr. Douglas Walker, Sr. Margaret Webster, Mrs. Isobel White, Dr. Barry Whittenbury, Mr. Don Wilson, Mr. Kevin Wilson, Sr. Margaret Wilson, Mr. Hughie Windlass, Sr. Jan Wisseman, Mr. David Zilm.
We also would like to acknowledge Mrs. Merrilyn Coad for her speed and accuracy in typing the manuscript.