Such a wide-ranging, data-driven study is necessarily a collaborative venture drawing upon the goodwill and resources of numerous individuals and agencies. Those who contributed most to this endeavour include Cath Elderton, Allan Wedderburn, and Archie Tanna of the Kimberley Land Council in Kununurra, along with Andy Munro of Rio Tinto Ltd in Perth, all of whom facilitated the smooth running of various stages of the project. Cath Elderton, in particular, was vitally important in identifying the need for baseline data and coordinating the fieldwork stage in the East Kimberley. Agency assistance consisted largely of the provision and interpretation of data. In this regard, thanks are due to numerous individuals across Western Australia—in Kununurra, Jon Bok and Mike Britz of ATSIC, Jamie Treloar of Centrelink, Jeff Gooding of the Kimberley Development Commission, Alan Hubbard from KREAC CDEP, and Kim Morrish at the Ord Valley Aboriginal Health Service; at Argyle Diamond Mine, Daniel Archer from the Community Relations Unit and David Epworth from the Regional Business Development Unit; in Wyndham, Reg Birch at Joorak Ngarni CDEP, Jim Lewis of the Wyndham Action Group, and Dianna Spyker and Gerald Mills at the Business Enterprise Centre; in Woolah, Rebecca Sampi at Woolah Community School; in Warmun, Max Thomas from Warmun Community Council, Sister Alma at Ngalangangpum School, Rick Chapman at Warmun CDEP, and the management at Warmun Arts Centre; in Halls Creek, Michael Quall at Ngoongjuwah CDEP, Peter McConnel from Halls Creek Shire Council, and Ian Benjamin at Yuri Yangi Medical Service; in Broome, Sue Metcalfe from the Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council; in Perth, Frank Parriman and Kati Krizla, from the Department of Justice; John Loh and Anna Ferrante from the Crime Research Unit at the University of Western Australia who provided invaluable assistance in the interpretation of regional crime statistics; Ron Dullard of the Catholic Education Office; Angela Harris, Susie Brown, and Stephen Humphrey from the Western Australian Department of Education and Training; Luke Drozdowski, from the Office of Training; Sue Eslick, Jim Codde, Sylvie Price and Pam Olney from the Department of Health; Trevor Tann and Tom Mulholland from the Department of Indigenous Affairs; Robin Wood from the Department of Housing and Works; and Gary Paterson from the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources who greatly assisted by coordinating this whole of government response. Also, at the ABS in Perth, Deborah Wade-Marshall and Chris Spencer helped with the provision of population estimates and census data. A final note of thanks is due to Bruce Harvey of Rio Tinto Ltd and Simon Nish of Argyle Diamonds for their foresight in supporting the research venture and in subsidising the cost of converting a research report into this monograph.