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This chapter looks at the history of settler-colonial Australia and provides a snapshot of First Nations Australia in 2021. It describes how the dynamics of settler colonial history have left their mark on the particular architecture of the Australian education system.
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O’Bryan, M. (2021). Understanding the Historical Context. In: Boarding and Australia's First Peoples. Indigenous-Settler Relations in Australia and the World, vol 3. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6009-2_1
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