Australia Examines How Aborigines Fare in Higher Education

When the sprinter Cathy Freeman celebrated her gold medal at the Olympics with a dual display of aboriginal and Australian flags last month, the gesture echoed throughout Australia in ways that weren't fully understood by most foreigners.

Just four months ago, when hundreds of thousands of Australians marched through the streets of the nation's cities in support of reconciliation between the black and white communities, Monash University made a similar gesture: Its indigenous staff

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