Population: Structure and Future Growth
Abstract
There are two main problems in interpreting official estimates of the size and distribution of the Aboriginal population. First, up to and including the 1961 Census the number of full-bloods could only be estimated in some states. In 1947, for example, only half the estimated number of full-bloods was enumerated in the census, and although by 1961 the census count was thought complete in most states, in Western Australia and Northern Territory some under-enumeration apparently occurred. The 1966 Census is therefore the first census in which a ‘complete’ enumeration of the Aboriginal population has been obtained.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Australian Indigenous Culture and History
Census and Population Estimation
Indigenous Cultures and History
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Routledge eBooks
- Pages
- 41–72
- Publication date
- 6 March 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter