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This chapter engages in a more detailed discussion of the role played by boarding schools in Australia and throughout the settler-colonial world. These elements all contribute to shaping the lives and futures of First Nations students in Australian boarding schools.
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O’Bryan, M. (2021). Boarding Schools. In: Boarding and Australia's First Peoples. Indigenous-Settler Relations in Australia and the World, vol 3. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6009-2_2
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