I think there is about a decade and a half between us. I went to a high school in the outer suburbs of Melbourne. It was mainly working class Aussies , a few lower middle class and a few migrants. The migrants were mostly British, Asian or black kids were a rarity , we did have one or two Greek or Italian students.
It was NOT a good school at all, lots of violence and disruption and a very basic curriculum. When I say I’m a migrant, I mean I was born overseas. The aboriginal problem is a concern but they say they want to keep their culture and live 5000 miles from nowhere but want what white man has. It doesn’t work that way . I have worked with aboriginal people who have embraced opportunity and moved to the city and got work.
