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Like other high-income countries, Australia has an ageing population, with about 3.8 million Australians aged 65 and over representing 15% of the population (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Older Australians at a glance. AIHW, Canberra, 2018). Older Australian people have a range of heritages, with First Nations peoples the proud custodians of the oldest living continuous culture in the world.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to acknowledge that we work and live on the unceded lands of the Woi Wurrong Wurundjeri peoples and the Arrernte peoples. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present. We also pay our respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their First Nations throughout what is now known as Australia.

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  1. Charles Darwin University, Alice Springs, NT, Australia

    Paulene Mackell

  2. National Ageing Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Paulene Mackell, Bianca Brijnath & Briony Dow

  3. School of Design, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Paulene Mackell

  4. Law School, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Chris Maylea

  5. Social Work and Human Services, School of Global Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Christina David & Siobhán Bubner

  6. School of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia

    Bianca Brijnath

  7. Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Bianca Brijnath & Briony Dow

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Mackell, P., Maylea, C., David, C., Bubner, S., Brijnath, B., Dow, B. (2023). Chapter 9: The Face of Elder Abuse in Australia. In: Teaster, P.B., Anetzberger, G.J., Podnieks, E. (eds) The Worldwide Face of Elder Abuse. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34888-4_15

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