The name is absent

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21.63 Discussion

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(і) Secondary school population

The contrast of the view of self and family, with the view of
Aborigines in general, is striking.

If two thirds support is taken as an arbitrary high level cut-
off point, Port Augusta High has high positive support for eight
items, Augusta Park for eleven items. If 50 per cent or less is
taken as low support, both groups are seen to have a low support
for evenness of temper, low support for knowing when to stop drinking,
and Augusta Park students see their families wasting money. The

two Port Augusta groups also have relatively low support for the
reliability of the self (57.1 per cent,Port Augusta High; 55.5₄per
Cent_zAugusta Park).                         .

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Augusta Park also has relatively low support for'being motivated
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to get somewhere and speaking English wellL

Contrary to expectations,there is evidence that, despite the
negative stereotyping of Aborigines by πon-Aborigines, and despite
the negative stereotyping of Aborigines in general by Aborigines,
the Aborigines in the study had a predominantly positive self image
of themselves and their families.

The hypothesis that these two groups would have internalised
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the negative stereotypes of the host society was not supported.

21.63 (ii) Post-secondary population - S.A.I.T.
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As a visible group striving towards Aboriginal identity, the
Port Augusta group may be compared with another visible group, this
time post-secondary, at the South Australian Institute of Technology.

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