Education Western Australia.
p. 167-168: : Author’s visit to Roebourne school; observation that “full-blood” children did not attend school; wish of elder “Tumbler” that all Aboriginal children attend school; problem of hygiene and lack of water; problem of relations between half-caste and full blood children; prejudice against enrolment of Aboriginal children in state schools; in Port Hedland all Aboriginal children attended convent school; p. [174] : good relations between black and white pupils at Marble Bar; p. 188: camp schools held in coastal locations for isolated white and Aboriginal children; p. 204 : Confrontation with W.A. Minister of Education Harry Strickland over education of Aboriginal children; visit to Roebourne; Decision that Aboriginal children could attend the state school despite objections from white parents ; p. [210] : Establishment of segregated Aboriginal school at Roebourne; Author advises mixed-race convent school in Broome; p. [224] : Establishment of school at cattle station GoGo Station; Establishment of schools at Kimberley Research Station, Glenroy Station; p. [239]-248: Missions and education at Forrest River; Sunday Island, Lombadina, Beagle Bay, La Grange; p. [250] Mixed race camp school at Point Peron demonstrated harmonious race relations.xi, 304 p. : ill., col. maps, ports. ; 23 cm. 121114/0419/10121
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