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The Balga Venture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

W. Kerr
W. Kerr*
Affiliation:
Kalgoorlie District Education Office, W.A. 6430
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Balga Senior High School is located in the Perth suburb of Balga and draws many of its students from surrounding areas which are made up of Homeswest flats or Homeswest Housing Estates. Many of the students who attend Balga Senior High are from low income single parent families and as such the school is mindful of the program it offers. Out of a school population of about 900, seventy would be Aboriginal. The reasons behind the initial move to appoint a teacher with special responsibility to Aboriginal students to Balga Senior High School can probably be traced back to 1984, when Aboriginal parents in the Balga area expressed concern about current education trends and their implications for their children.

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Research Article
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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , July 1987 , pp. 26 - 30
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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