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Indigenous Kids and Schooling in the Northern Territory: An Introductory Overview and Brief History of Aboriginal Education in the Northern TerritoryPenny Lee, Lyn Fasoli, Lysbeth Ford, Peter Stephenson and Dennis McInerney Batchelor Press, Northern Territory, 2014, 236pp, ISBN 9781741312881

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2015

C. Patricia Burke
C. Patricia Burke*
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Flinders University, School of Education, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. Email: pupleplant@hotmail.com
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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 44 , Issue 2: Red Dirt Revisited: Examining remote learning and education experiences , December 2015 , pp. 209 - 212
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