Build it and They Will Come: Building the Capacity of Indigenous Units in Universities to Provide Better Support for Indigenous Australian Postgraduate Students

Australian Journal of Indigenous Education

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-18

  Trudgett, Michelle ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84878146099     PISSN: 13260111     EISSN: 20497784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/S1326011100000545     Document Type: Article

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