Taking Stock: Aboriginal autonomy through enterprise

• Main Author: Wells, Samantha Jane
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Brinkin, NT : The Australian National University, North Australia Research Unit (NARU) 2013
• Subjects: Arnhem land progress association; uniting church in Australia-Northern territory- Arnhem Land-missions; Aborigines Australian-Northern Territory-Arnhem Land-economic conditions; Aborigines; Australian-Northenrn Territory-Arnhem Land-business enterprises; Alpa; Arctic; Colleen; Deville; Hanssen; Harper; Ritchie; Webb; Weir
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/9864

The Arnhem Land Progress Association (ALPA) has operated stores for up to twenty years in many Arnhem Land communities. It started by buying ration stores formerly operated by the Methodist Overseas Mission. These were mainly small, poorly stocked counter stores, generally operated on an intermitten...