page no 45 note # See also major statement quoted in the Editorial, Vol.4 No.3, The Aboriginal Child at School.

page no 45 note 4) During the collection of data, research teams interviewed the younger siblings of Grant holders who were in the final year of primary school. These data are not reported here; it was a relatively small sample and because of shyness and extreme youth it was often difficult to gain much understanding of the primary students’ knowledge and aspirations

page no 45 note 5) See Chapter 4

page no 47 note (1) Halsey, A. H., 1972: Educational Priority Areas. London, H.M.S.O.

page no 48 note(1) Havighurst, R.J., & Dreyer, 1975: Cultural Pluralism and Youth. In R.J. Havighurst (Ed): Youth. 74th Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, Part I, University of Chicago Press.

(page no 49 note2) Detailed discussion of these issues occurs in several chapters, especially 7, 8, 10, 11 and 12. Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6 and 9 include data highly relevant to the exploration of these issues.

page no 49 note* See next section for detailed discussion of this position.

page no 50 note (2) Chapter 6.

page no 51 note (1) Kauffman, P.: Aboriginal Schooling in Australia, April 1975, (available from Australian Schools Commission) provides a picture of some of the developments currently taking place.

page no 51 note (2) Possible membership of such a workshop would include senior officers from Australian and State Departments of Education, the Aboriginal Consultative Group, Aboriginal parents, teachers, senior Aboriginal students, senior officers from other departments, and academics.

page no 52 note (3) In 1971 a National Workshop on Aboriginal Education was convened at the initiative of and with the support of the Australian Office of Aboriginal Affairs and the Australian Department of Education and Science to consider priorities for action and research. Workshop members included senior representatives of State Education Departments. The Workshop concentrated largely on the pre-school and primary levels and it may reasonably be inferred that many of the developments in the primary field since 1971 owe something of their inspiration to that Workshop. See Watts, B.H.: Report of the National Workshop on Aboriginal Education: Priorities for Action and Research, Brisbane, May 1971.

page no 53 note (1) Havighurst, R.J.: 1970 Minority sub-cultures and the law of effect. American Psychologist, 25, 4, 313-322.

page no 54 note (2) See details in Section 3.

page no 56 note (1) As indicated later, certain personal qualifications and training are envisaged in addition to his membership of the group.

page no 56 note (2) The classification and salary scale of the position would need to be determined by the Australian Department of Education and the Public Service Board.

page no 56 note (3) This of course will require that he have ready access to outside sources of information when necessary.

page no 58 note (1) This would allow an evaluation of the effectiveness of such advisers in different settings.