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Aboriginal Home/School Visitor

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

L. O’Brien,*
Affiliation:
Wattle Park Teachers’ Centre, Wattle Park, S.A.
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In the time I have been employed as a home/school visitor, I have visited 55 schools and have seen about 91 Aboriginal students. I have talked to principals and have spoken about Aboriginals to groups of children in some of the High Schools. I have attended a number of committees that one finds that one gets involved in once one gets into Aboriginal affairs. In addition, I have spoken to different groups of people at colleges, at teachers’ councils, and also at the Aboriginal Educational Seminar for Aboriginal children which was held in April.*

I think about 188 students attended that seminar during the three day period, and even the bus strike did not affect the children’s attendance, which I thought was great. The seminar was organized by John Lunnay, a consultant in Aboriginal education, with whom I work rather closely. It was a great success, with people on the program like Wandjuk Marika and David Gulpilil, Colin Thiele and Dora Hunter, Sonny Morey, Sid Jackson, Kay Hampton, Michael Ahmad, Brian Dickson, Eva Johnson, Leila Rankin and Des Price. During the seminar, I accompanied some of the students on visits to different places, like the Aboriginal Community College, the Task Force at the South Australian Institute of Technology, Torrens College of Advanced Education where some Aboriginal students are enrolled in the Teacher Education program, the Community Centre, the Aboriginal Health Unit and D.A.A. Over all, I feel it was very successful.

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Aboriginal and Islander Views
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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