Aborigines' needs: no priority in Australia

From: International Herald Tribune | Date: April 19, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

Jane Perlez
International Herald Tribune
04-19-2004
Two Aboriginal teenagers, Noleen Sharpley and Elleasha Peters, are best buddies each other's family, really in this rough outback town where the whites live on one side, the Aborigines on the other, and the public schools are a land of violence and despair.One of 12 children from a broken home, Elleasha, 17, is a gifted runner, a young champion in the region who was once promised a professional coach. Noleen, 15, said she liked school until it became too difficult and the teachers would not help her.Now they are dropouts, with limited ...

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