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Black Community School Manifesto
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1973-1985
Black Community School, Black Community School, education, manifesto, multiculturalism, Townsville
...coming home with tears in their eyes...
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Black Community School, Black Community School, education, Mabo family, racism, Townsville
...how many black students...
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1970s
education, James Cook University, justice, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Townsville
...identity of black students...
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1978
Black Community School, Black Community School, education, Townsville
...since 1788...
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Black Community School, Black Community School, education, Townsville
...some second rate Black school...
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1973-1985
activism, Black Community School, Black Community School, education, Townsville
...We only had a tin of jam...
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education, indigenous Australians, James Cook University, Mer, Queensland Government, racism
...Growing up on Murray...
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1936-52
childhood, education, language, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mer, Meriam Mer, Miles, Robert 'Bob'
A brief history of the Black Community School
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1973-1985
ACTU, Black Community School, cultural preservation, education, unionism
...Primary Teacher...
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1981-1984
education, James Cook University, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo, Edward Koiki
Eddie as a Teenager, 1950s
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1950s
education, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Torres Strait, Torres Strait Islanders
Inter-Racial Seminar
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1967
1967 referendum, activism, civil rights, education, employment, indigenous Australians, Inter-racial Seminar, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Townsville
Murray Island School - LMS
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1897
anthropology, Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, education, London Missionary Society, Murray Island, school
Murray Island School, One Hundred Years Later
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1989
education, Malo-Bomai, Mer, school, school
...a handful of black teachers...
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1973
Black Community School, education, James Cook University, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Townsville
...music and art...
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1940s
education, language, Meriam Mer, Miles, Robert 'Bob'
...Our own education system...
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Black Community School, education, language, Mabo, Edward Koiki
...My kids were able to do the island dance...
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Black Community School, culture, custom, dancing, education, family, Mabo, Edward Koiki, religion, Townsville, Whaleboat, Donald
...Our own school...
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Black Community School, education, language, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Whaleboat, Donald
...The classic problem of the immigrant...
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Black Community School, education, Reynolds, Henry (Prof.)
...Some dedicated school teachers...
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1973-1985
Black Community School, education, Loos, Noel, Townsville
Education & Early Work
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education, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mer, Murray Island, pearling industry
Meriam Mir
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Black Community School, education, language, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Meriam culture, Meriam Mer, Miles, Robert 'Bob'
Murray Island School
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1890s
annexation, education, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Miles, Robert 'Bob', Queensland, school
Manifestos
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activism, education, Mabo, Edward Koiki
One King
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annexation, colonialism, education, Mer, Queensland, school