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Mathematics and Aboriginality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

Catherine Potter
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Since first coming to the Northern Territory in 1982 I have spent much time in Aboriginal Education in many different roles. Remote school Principal. Batchelor College lecturer and Centre of Aboriginal and Islander Studies Maths lecturer to name a few. I would like to share with you some of my findings over this time.

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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 22 , Issue 1 , April 1994 , pp. 3 - 11
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press or the authors 1994

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