Outstation movement
The Outstation movement, also known as the homeland movement, refers to the voluntary relocation of Indigenous Australians from towns to remote outposts on traditional tribal land.
As described in the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, a range of problems faced Aboriginal Australians living in towns.
During the 1970s and 1980s several groups moved from towns, missions and former Aboriginal reserves to smaller settlements on their traditional lands. Some outpost communities include:
