○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ There is no blanket recipe, as Aboriginal society is too diverse. There are remote communities such as Doomadgee or Mornington Island, rural communities such as Innisfail or Boulia, provincial towns or cities such as Townsville or Rockhampton and major cities such as Brisbane, Sydney and so on. You may deal with one community in a certain style and another community 100 kms away you may deal with in a totally different way. Accordingly, this protocol document is intended purely as an aid and guide in whatever process you use. It is highly recommended that agencies incorporate this document into their existing cultural awareness training modules. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ The following section of this booklet highlights aspects of a range of protocols regarding consultation and negotiation with Aboriginal people. However, it needs to be emphasised that every negotiation and consultation is unique. You will find you may need to use a different strategy for each process. ○ ○ ○ However, Aboriginal people specifically relate to each other by tribal groupings and/or family names or groupings e.g. “I’m a Batjala” or “My mother was a Ross and she’s Darambal from Kepple Island” and so on. ○ Aboriginality continued ○ 3 20 D e p a r t m e n t o f A b o r i g i n a l and T o r r e s S t r a i t I s l a n d e r P o l i c y a n d D e v e l o p m e n t

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