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5.34 EducationZSChooling in Adelaide metropolitan area
(i) High schools∕primary schools: enrolment
At the time of Gale’s early study in 1965, Adelaide provided
settings for schools catering for Aboriginal people in areas
recognised as locations for Aboriginal families, as well as schools
in developing areas with high migrant concentration, which also
attracted Aborigines.
Gale (1972:244) reported 267 Aboriginal children attending 109
schools in Adelaide in 1965. Sixty five were in government primary schools,
25 were in government secondary schools and 19 were in private
schools. More than half the schools in Adelaide had at least one
Aboriginal pupil. The largest group numbered 10.
By 1970, one school had 19 Aboriginal pupils and several others~
had more than 10.
By 1980, the 65 children in primary schools in 1965 had grown to
657 and 25 secondary students had grown to 335, with a further 46
children in non-govemment primary schools and 75 in non-government
secondary schools, an increase of 910 percent in primary and
1240 per cent in secondary government schools.
The number of government metropolitan high schools enrolling
Aboriginal students was 58; 127 primary and junior primary schools
had an Aboriginal enrolment. Fifty-four non-government schools enrolled
Aborigines, a total of 239 schools compared with 109 in 1970.
The scatter of students in the metropolitan area was widened.
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In 1980, 24 high schools had 5 or more Aboriginal students, 9
schools had 10 or more. In all cases this was less than 5 per cent
of the total enrolment.
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.Fifty-three primary schools and/or junior primary schools had 50 or more
Aboriginal students enrolled, 17 of these with 10 or more students.
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