This edited collection of thirteen original research chapters, authored by leading Australian Aboriginal scholars, uses data from the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC) to explore how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are growing up in contemporary Australia. The authors provide an overview of the study, its methodological and ethical framework, alongside the cultural, social, educational and family dynamics of Indigenous children's lives. The policy ramifications of the research results are addressed in each chapter as well as critically summarised in the final...