Decolonising the migration and urbanisation of Torres Strait Islanders (Ailan pipel) from the Torres Straits to mainland Australia between the 1960s and 1970s

Masters Research - Master of Philosophy (MPhil)The migration of the <i>Ailan pipel</i> (Island people) from the Torres Straits to mainland Australia presents specific challenges to contemporary Indigenous cultural practices and the unique <i>Ailan Kastom</i> (Island Custom). Factors relating to the nature of indigenous migration will be discussed because of the indigenous context of the <i>Ailan</i> (Island) migration account. The indigenous storytelling account and secondary sources re-interpretation and re-analysis will provide a valuable insight of the <i>Ailan Kastom</i> (Island custom) and <i>Kole</i> (white man) economic migration reasons from the <i>Ailan</i> cultural practices in the pre-and post-invasion period right to the present, covering topics of <i>Ailan</i> sharing and socio-cultural relationships, urbanisation and self-determination in tertiary education. The thesis will emphasis, highlight and elaborate on the reasons for the <i>Ailan</i> migration from an indigenous decolonising viewpoint with the application of the indigenous research methodologies in adherence to indigenous research protocols. Historical analysis provides an overview of the affect and progress of colonisation and the shift of <i>Ailan</i> and Kaurareg Aboriginal communities from their homeland (countries). This research is focused on the migration and urbanisation within the 1960s and 1970s timeframe by critically discussing specific events of <i>Ailan</i> (Island) and Kaurareg Aboriginal people in the Torres Strait regions of Australia and in the Australian mainland urban setting