Richard O. Routh

doi:10.1017/S132601110000274X

The Strelley Community School Nyangumarta Language and Cultural Maintenance Program 1

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Richard O. Routh Edith Cowan University

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https://doi.org/10.1017/S132601110000274X

Abstract

The Strelley Community School is an Aboriginal Independent Community School — the first one established in Western Australia in 1976 and remains the oldest continually operational school of its kind in Australia. The Nomads Charitable and Educational Foundation is the school authority responsible for articulating school policy and administration.

There are now 13 Aboriginal Independent Community Schools in Western Australia and twenty three nationally (Mack,1995). They share a common philosophy of being non-government school systems created and administered by the community. Parents and students have a proactive role in determining school policies.

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1997-10-01

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Routh, R. O. (1997). The Strelley Community School Nyangumarta Language and Cultural Maintenance Program 1. The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 25(2), 27–32. https://doi.org/10.1017/S132601110000274X

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Vol. 25 No. 2 (1997)

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Section C: Conference Reports

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