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This chapter focuses on how young people describe the transition to boarding school. The chapter begins by reviewing literature about school transitions processes. This provides context and a critical perspective on the lived experience of contributors to this project.
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In the year 2014–2015, at the time this interview was conducted, the Western Australian Department of Mines and Petroleum collected more than $5.3 billion in royalty payments. These funds were paid to the State Government and used for law enforcement, education, health, roads and community development programs (Government of Western Australia, 2016).
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O’Bryan, M. (2021). Transition to Boarding. 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_6
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