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Outstation Education : Western Desert Style

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

N. Coutts
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Papunya settlement is located some 250km west of Alice Springs on the Haasts Bluff Aboriginal Reserve. Originally commenced in 1958 as an alternative for the growing numbers of people living at the old Finke River Mission ration depot of Haasts Bluff, it became the centre of the Luritja language group. These people were traditionally Mayutjara, Ngalia or Pintupi. There are some other languages spoken at Papunya but this is almost exclusively by adults who have married into the Luritja group. A large number of traditional Pintupi people who have lived at or near Papunya are now located on what are known as the Western Outstations.

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Across Australia …….. From Teacher to Teacher
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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 10 , Issue 4 , September 1982 , pp. 42 - 49
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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