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A Thematic History of Bilingual Education in the Northern Territory

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History of Bilingual Education in the Northern Territory

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In 1950 Robert Menzies, then Prime Minister of Australia, was party to a little known, high-level agreement which acknowledged that in some circumstances a bilingual approach in education might be the best way to reach more traditionally oriented Aboriginal students in remote areas of the Northern Territory (NT) of Australia.

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    Brian Devlin, Samantha Disbray & Nancy Devlin

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Devlin, B., Disbray, S., Devlin, N. (2017). A Thematic History of Bilingual Education in the Northern Territory. In: Devlin, B., Disbray, S., Devlin, N. (eds) History of Bilingual Education in the Northern Territory. Language Policy, vol 12. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2078-0_1

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