The 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey (APS) is a national survey of First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit aged six years and over. The 2012 APS represents the fourth cycle of the survey. It was designed to be thematic; questions emphasize education and employment, with a health supplement. It also collects information on language, income, housing and mobility.The APS complements other sources of information, including the Canadian Census of Population and the National H ousehold Survey (NHS). Following the release of data from the 2006 APS, a content review was conducted to ensure the future relevance of existing APS questions to key stakeholders and to identify any potential data gaps. The review brought together expertise from a diverse group of researchers and subject matter experts, both from within and outside of Statistics Canada. New survey questions were developed and added to the 2012 APS questionnaire in order to place greater emphasis on the t hemes of education and employment, in particular.

Aboriginal cultural heritage refers to the elements, both tangible and intangible, that hold significant value to Aboriginal people for their social, spiritual, historical, scientific, or aesthetic importance within Aboriginal traditions. This could include rock art, ancient caves or burial sites, waterways, ceremonial sites or scar trees. This data set contains Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Places within Western Australia that have been reported to the Registrar of Aboriginal Sites as possible Aboriginal sites within the meaning of Section 5 of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972. This dataset contains records that are: Register: Places assessed as meeting Section 5 of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972. For spatial information related to Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Places, please consult Department’s map viewer https://www.wa.gov.au/government/document-collections/search-aboriginal-cultural-heritage-places-wa Note: to preserve confidentiality, the exact location and extent of some places are not displayed on the map—however a shaded region (generally with an area of at least 4km²) provides a general indication of where the place is located. Some information, including the precision of Aboriginal Place boundaries, is based on historical information provided before the use of accurate spatial referencing tools such as GPS or high-resolution mapping systems. It therefore may be inaccurate and indicative. Please check the status of the ‘boundary reliable’ field for any Aboriginal Heritage Place you are accessing. If you are aware of updated information relating to Aboriginal Heritage Places, please report this information to the Department. Show full description