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Seven Seasons in Aurukun: My Unforgettable Time at a Remote Aboriginal School
Seven Seasons in Aurukun: My Unforgettable Time at a Remote Aboriginal School
Seven Seasons in Aurukun: My Unforgettable Time at a Remote Aboriginal School
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Seven Seasons in Aurukun: My Unforgettable Time at a Remote Aboriginal School

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Paula Shaw recounts her experiences of two years teaching at the school at Aurukun in Cape York. She paints a colorful picture of life in a remote Aboriginal community in the sweltering tropics. With the place itself as much of a character as her colleagues, the traditional owners and the eccentric whitefellas who congregate in faraway places, it is a taste of the intensity of relationships in a small community. Seven Seasons in Aurukun also offers an insight into the everyday realities of alcoholism, violence, and welfare dependency in Aboriginal communities, and the struggle to make a difference in the face of such chronic problems. Yet we also see the persistence efforts of community leaders to improve their circumstances and maintain culture, and the small achievements that make the difference between survival and going under.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherAllen Unwin
Release dateMar 1, 2009
ISBN9781741766295
Seven Seasons in Aurukun: My Unforgettable Time at a Remote Aboriginal School

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