Universities join push to make Indigenous education numbers add up

By Eryk Bagshaw
Updated December 14 2016 - 1:09pm, first published 10:28pm
University of Sydney students Brieanna Watson and Holly Kovac in the courtyard of the residences that will be offered free to Indigenous students. Photo: Janie Barrett
University of Sydney students Brieanna Watson and Holly Kovac in the courtyard of the residences that will be offered free to Indigenous students. Photo: Janie Barrett
Politicians Malarndirri McCarthy, Ken Wyatt, Linda Burney, Pat Dodson and Jacqui Lambie at Parliament House. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Politicians Malarndirri McCarthy, Ken Wyatt, Linda Burney, Pat Dodson and Jacqui Lambie at Parliament House. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

The first Indigenous member of the House of Representatives, Ken Wyatt, was told to drop out of school in year five because he was told he "would amount to nothing more than another Aboriginal person".

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