One Mile Dam -- no more talk

The most important and basic human needs that non-Aboriginal communities take for granted are not present at One Mile Dam.

Toilets and ablutions are still far below minimal, despite requests to the State government(s) for decades.

Housing sees up to 15 people crammed together during busy seasons.

There is no community transport, despite the presence of ill and disabled people.

The need for medical services and a clinic need addressing.

Educational facilities are also needed. To help combat boredom and provide people with the choices education nurtures -- if nothing else.

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Services such as mail and rubbish removal have actually been reduced over the years.

It is hard to believe that a community is being allowed to suffer such deprivations so close to the CBD. It is easier to believe that successive State governments do not want a viable Aboriginal community to exist on or near prime development land. History would support that view.

The most pressing need is a committment from the State that the One Mile Dam Community has a right to exist.

mick lambe
June 09, 2004