The name is absent

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(ii) Davenport Adult Education Centre

The Aboriginal people themselves set up in 1975 an adult
education centre at Davenport reserve. It was intended to supply
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management skills (e.g. report writing, office procedures, general
administrative techniques). It quickly developed courses,
particularly Aboriginal studies, concentrating on the development
of self-image through education (Gaskell 1980:6). Students came
from Point Pearce, Copley, Nepabunna, Oodnadatta, Marree, Coober
Pedy, Iron Knob, Ceduna and Pt. Lincoln¹, Tribal affiliations
were mostly Adnjamathanha and Andagirinya, with smaller numbers
of Narangga, Kokatha, Arabana and Ngarrindjeri descent (Gaskell,
1980:7-8).

(Iii) Schools

There are three high schools - a Catholic parochial high school
with virtually no Aboriginal representation, Pt. Augusta High School
in the town centre, Augusta Park in a new housing area and five
primary schools.

(a) Pt. Augusta High School.

Schools at Pt. Augusta are zoned. The Aboriginal enrolment
of Pt. Augusta High is composed of Aborigines from different
social class backgrounds, as well as different tribal affiliations.

There are students from Aboriginal families long established

in a life-style similar to that of white people, though the
individuals do not see themselves as part of white society (Gaskell,
1980). They live in dwellings dispersed among white groups.

Many of the men have a history of employment in the Commonwealth
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Railways, or with the local council . Some students have

See Figure 2.

A table of employment patterns for Aborigines is reproduced in

Appendix II.

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