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The Kriol program had a long gestation period and a difficult birth. My husband and I arrived in Bamyili, which has been known as Barunga since 1984, with our three children at the beginning of 1974.
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Meehan, D. (2017). Starting Out at Bamyili: Factors Specific to the Development of the Kriol Program. In: Devlin, B., Disbray, S., Devlin, N. (eds) History of Bilingual Education in the Northern Territory. Language Policy, vol 12. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2078-0_6
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