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This book is about ways of working with Nyoongar People and it is written, primarily, for non-Indigenous Australians, who are eager to engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. This chapter introduces action research, the terminology used in the book, and a guide to how the book may be used by people working and studying in diverse disciplines who are eager to work collaboratively with First Nations People
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Further discussion of ‘both ways’ education is included in Chap. 6.
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. Over one thousand First Nations people came together in May 2017 at a constitutional convention at Uluru. The convention resulted in the Uluru Statement from the Heart, which was presented to government as a united Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voice on constitutional change.
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Johnston, M., Forrest, S. (2020). Introduction. In: Working Two Way. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4913-7_1
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