The architectural implications of Warlpiri jilimi

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Indigenous culturally-derived domiciliary behaviours and lifestyles have been largely ignored by Australian Government housing policies and house designs, aimed at Aboriginal people. This is particularly the case for gender-specific households in remote settlements . In the Central Desert Region of Australia, customary domiciliary organisation involves a three-fold distinction of households into those occupied by married people, single women and single men. This study is primarily concerned with jilimi or single women's camps of Aboriginal people living at Yuendumu. They identify themselves as Warlpiri people who share a language and culture with other Warlpiri people settled over a large area of Central Australia. Limited understanding by outside agencies of Warlpiri women ' s belief systems , social organisation, domiciliary behaviour and physical environments in jilimi represents a serious gap in the knowledge required to meet domiciliary needs through existing housing designs. Thus

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