Marnie O'Bryan, "Boarding and Australia's First Peoples: Understanding How Residential Schooling Shapes Lives "
English | ISBN: 9811660115 | 2021 | 369 pages | PDF | 4 MB
This book takes us inside the complex lived experience of being a First Nations student in predominantly non-Indigenous schools in Australia. Built around the first-hand narratives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander alumni from across the nation, scholarly analysis is layered with personal accounts and reflections. The result is a wide ranging and longitudinal exploration of the enduring impact of years spent boarding which challenges narrow and exclusively empirical measures currently used to define 'success' in education.