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Ken1, Lorraine King1 and Karina Lester1  \n1 UniSA Education Futures, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Mawson Lakes, South Australia, 5095, Australia, email: [samuel.osborne@unisa.edu.au](samuel.osborne@unisa.edu.au)  \n2 Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education, PO Box 2363, Parap, Northern Territory, 0804, Australia  \nNyangatjatjara College is an independent Aboriginal school distributed across three campuses in the southern region of the Northern Territory. The College serves the Anangu (Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara) communities of Imanpa, Mutitjulu and Docker River. Since 2011, the College has conducted a series of student and community surveys aimed at obtaining feedback regarding students’educational experiences and their future aspirations. In 2016 Nyangatjatjara College funded a research project, Centring Anangu voices in Anangu education, to look more closely at Anangu educational aspirations in order to inform the development of a five-year strategic plan. Among other activities, interviewers conducted surveys by listening carefully to Anangu school students and community through sharing first-language narratives. This paper focuses on the most commonly discussed aspiration of students, their families and communities, namely, that school should enable young people to get a job. This finding parallels other research findings (Guenther et al. , 2015) and the philosophical underpinnings of “red dirt thinking” on aspiration and success (Osborne & Guenther, 2013) . Our examination of the data suggests that the theme of “work” is intertwined with aspects of the local community context. The paper concludes with an analysis of existing school-to-work transitions and opportunities, with suggestions for strengthening local participation in employment initiatives across the tri-state region at the intersection of the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia.  \nKeywords: remote, Aboriginal, education, aspirations, employment  \nBackground and introduction  \nNyangatjatjara College is an independent Aboriginal school that provides secondary education for young people in the Anangu (Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara) communities of Imanpa, Mutitjulu and Docker River.1 Since 2015, primary schooling has also been offered at the Docker River campus. The three sites are located in the southern region of the Northern Territory, and there is a distance of some 500 kilometres between campuses. As a broad estimate of population, Imanpa is a community of 100 to 200 Aboriginal residents, with 200 to 250 in Mutitjulu and 200 to 300 in Docker River. The main language of these communities is Pitjantjatjara, although there are strong language connections to Yankunytjatjara, Ngaanyatjarra, Ngaatjatjarra, Luritja, Western Aranda and Pertame (Southern Arrernte) .  \n1 The term “Aboriginal” is used in reference to Anangu peoples. The term “Indigenous” is used in international contexts and in discussions of federal or state policy.  \nThe College is predominantly funded by the Federal Government, along with contributions from other public sector sources, such as the Northern Territory Government and grants—including project-based funding provided through the Association for Independent Schools of the Northern Territory (AISNT) . The College has an administrative centre and campus located at Yulara, a resort town situated near Uluru. The College offers classes for the three home communities, with Mutitjulu students bussed in daily to the Yulara campus. Boarding facilities located at Yulara are utilised for semi-residential programs, such as short-term training intensives and special events. Previously, a more permanent boarding program was in operation.  \nThe College is governed by the board of the Nyangatjatjara Aboriginal Corporation (NAC), which is comprised of two member directors","cbCaikxqVqnpkAo1","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikxqVqnpkAo1","pdf",347354,"English","# Background and introduction\n## Community and College context\n# Student and community aspirations\n## Interviews and first-language narratives\n# Findings and implications\n## School-to-work transitions and opportunities","[{\"question\":\"What aspiration does the paper say is most commonly discussed by students and communities?\",\"answer\":\"It focuses on the aspiration that school should enable young people to get a job.\"},{\"question\":\"How did Nyangatjatjara College collect the information used in the research?\",\"answer\":\"The study draws on a series of student and community surveys and interviews that listen to Anangu school students and community through sharing first-language narratives.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the analysis suggest about the role of “work” in education aspirations?\",\"answer\":\"It suggests that the theme of “work” is intertwined with aspects of the local community context.\"}]","Centring Anangu voices on work - A contextualised response to red dirt thinking | PDF",1792078788]