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Some Aspects of Home-School Relations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

D.J. Syme
D.J. Syme*
Affiliation:
Eidsvold State School, Qld
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Abstract

Our school has 30% of culturally different children of Aboriginal ancestry,. This, in a primary school population of 180, represents a significant proportion. This group can be, and is, defined by colour of skin, facial features, and different life style. Membership of this group is decided both by public opinion and by other members of the group.

Our town with a population of some 600 people is representative of many small rural communities with a significant proportion of people of Aboriginal descent. Some of these families, about 30%, live in houses provided by the Aboriginal and Island Affairs Department which are of comparable standard to those of the white people in the town. The remainder live in shanty type settlements which are common to such towns and which are usually located on the town outskirts.

Type
Across Australia…… From Teacher to Teacher
Information
The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , August 1973 , pp. 23 - 30
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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