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  2. University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, 2006, Australia

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1. Note: Kevin Lowe, PhD, is a man of the Gubbi Gubbi Nation of southern Queensland.

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Lowe, K., Galstaun, V. Ethical challenges: the possibility of authentic teaching encounters with indigenous cross-curriculum content?. Curric Perspect 40, 93–98 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41297-019-00093-1

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