It is time to ask: are we Aborigines a serious people? … Do we have the seriousness necessary to maintain our languages, traditions and knowledge? … The truth is that I am prone to bouts of doubt and sadness around these questions. But I have hope. Our hope is dependent upon education. Our hope depends on how serious we become about the education of our people.
Noel Pearson (2009). “Quarterly Essay 35 Radical Hope: Education & Equality in Australia”, p.11, Black Inc.
