National Aboriginal Education Committee

The National Aboriginal Education Committee (NAEC) was an organisation which existed from March 1977 ^[1] to 1989. It served Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the field of education and learning. The committee challenged racism and bigotry towards ethnic minorities in Australian education, which during the 1970s could be ejected from classrooms at the request of white parents. ^[2]

Famous members of the committee included May O'Brien who became "the first Aboriginal teacher in Western Australia". ^[3] The first chairman of the committee was musician Stephen Albert. ^[4]

References

1. National Aboriginal Education Committee (1977-12-01). Black Community School Study. Canberra: National Aboriginal Education Committee.
2. Administration (2021-06-09). "Historic group changed the game for Aboriginal education". The Lighthouse. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
3. Holt, Leanne (2021). Talking Strong: the National Aboriginal Education Committee and the development of Aboriginal education policy. Acton, ACT: Aboriginal Studies Press. ISBN   978-1-925302-31-8.
4. "Bran Nue Dae star remembered for breaking down barriers for Indigenous Australians". ABC News. 2019-11-15. Retrieved 2024-05-08.

Further reading

• Holt, Leanne (July 2016). Development of Aboriginal Education Policy in Australia: Voices of the National Aboriginal Education Committee (PhD thesis). University of Newcastle.