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Aboriginal Education – A Reality in the 1990s1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

Anne Gardiner
Anne Gardiner*
Affiliation:
Murrupurtyanuwu Catholic School, Northern Territory
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My topic today is Aboriginal education – a reality in the 1990s. To be more specific, I should say Tiwi education is a reality in the 1990s. For it is in the Tiwi context that education has taken a giant step forward. This is because firstly we are working together to Aboriginalise the school – or rather to localise the school. Secondly, I have been challenged to ‘let go’, to move away from the dominant role as Principal (i.e. non-Aboriginal, non-Tiwi Principal). This challenge came as late as May 31 1995 from our present Assistant Director of Catholic Education.

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Section C: Schools
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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , 09/10 1996 , pp. 20 - 24
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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This paper, and the following one by Teresita Puruntayameri, were presented at the Research Council of Education in the Northern Territory in August, 1995.

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1 This paper, and the following one by Teresita Puruntayameri, were presented at the Research Council of Education in the Northern Territory in August, 1995.