Piri Piri Mab
by Paul Ban
Paul Ban takes readers on an historically important and remarkable journey of the Kupai Omasker Working Party. In Queensland, whilst we have attained legal recognition of Torres Strait Islander traditional child rearing practices, the real driving force behind this world first achievement was a small band of Torres Strait Islanders and a handful of philanthropists who formed the Kupai Omasker Working Party. In this book, the Kupai Omasker Working Party give an unfiltered account of their extraordinary journey - an epic of struggle, setbacks, renewed hope and ultimate triumph.
Their stories are a testament of what can be achieved when two cultures work together towards an ultimate goal to address a social wrong and structural injustice. -C'Zarke Maza LL.M. Commissioner, Meriba Omasker Kaziw Kazipa
Paperback
English
Brand New
Author Biography
Paul Ban is not a Torres Strait Islander but has previously worked for the Department of Children's Services 1977 to 1988, spending four years in the Cairns office. He has been working in private practice in Melbourne since 1995. Paul has a Bachelor of Social Work, Graduate Diploma in Aboriginal Studies, Master of Social Work, Master of Arts in Aboriginal Studies and a Master of Conflict Resolution. He has been a resource person to the Working Party since its inception in 1990 after the completion of his Master of Social Work thesis 'Traditional Adoption Practice of Torres Strait Islanders and Queensland Adoption Legislation' in 1989.
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