Hearings and Submissions
The enquiry undertook an extensive programme of hearings in every capital city and in many regional and smaller centres.
| New South Wales | Redfern, Campbelltown, Nowra, Sydney, Grafton, Dubbo, Broken Hill and Wilcannia. |
| Australian Capital Territory | Canberra. |
| Victoria | Melbourne, Lake Tyers, Bairnsdale, Morwell, Ballarat, Geelong, Framlingham, Portland, Mildura, Swan Hill and Echuca. |
| Queensland | Brisbane, Rockhampton, Palm Island, Townsville, Cairns and Thursday Island. |
| South Australia | Mount Gambier, Port Augusta and Berri. |
| Western Australia | Perth, Halls Creek, Broome, Bunbury, and Katanning. |
| Northern Territory | Darwin and Alice Springs. |
| Tasmania | Hobart, Flinders Island, Cape Barren Island, Wybalenna, Launceston and Burnie. |
The first hearings took place on 4 December 1995 on Flinders Island with the last round of hearings ending on 3 October 1996 in Sydney.
During the course of the enquiry 777 submissions were received, which included:
- 535 Indigenous individual and group submissions;
- 49 church submissions; and
- 7 government submissions
500 of the submissions were made confidentially.
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