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Resilience and Developing a Resistant Mind-Set

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Part of the book series: Indigenous-Settler Relations in Australia and the World ((ISRAW,volume 3))

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This chapter considers the disposition of students themselves and the difference between resilience and resistance. Alumni who reported most positively on boarding were those who identified as proactive in confronting misunderstanding and injustice.

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  1. Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia

    Marnie O’Bryan

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O’Bryan, M. (2021). Resilience and Developing a Resistant Mind-Set. 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_16

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