https://youtu.be/ABciWrJpRUI Gawura School, co-located at St Andrew’s Cathedral School in Sydney, is a coeducational K-6 school for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children primarily from urban areas. Although located on Gadigal Country, it teaches a highly successful Wiradjuri language ...
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Grattan Institute post-secondary report – troubling times ahead
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Teachers aren’t likely to be able to ask 10 million people for help with school supplies – so US actress Kristen Bell is doing it for them. The Veronica Mars star is leveraging her Instagram following of nearly 11 million ...
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