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The Changing Face of Aboriginal Bilingual Education in the Northern Territory: A 1990 Update

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

Stephen Harris  and
Peter Jones
Stephen Harris
Affiliation:
Faculty of Education, N.T. University
Peter Jones
Affiliation:
Bilingual Education in the N.T. Dept. of Education
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Bilingual education was introduced by a new Federal Labour Government in 1973 when the Northern Territory was still a Commonwealth Territory governed from Canberra.

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Research Article
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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 19 , Issue 5 , November 1991 , pp. 29 - 53
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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