Holt's thesis considers the evolution of Aboriginal education policy in Australia. She discusses the establishment of the National Aboriginal Education Committee and the impacts it had on education policy using the Indigenous methodology of storytelling.

Leanne Holt, 'The Development of Aboriginal Education Policy in Australia – Voices of the National Aboriginal Education Committee (NAEC)' (PhD Thesis, The University of Newcastle, July 2016)

Laws and policies in the 19th and 20th centuries prevented Aboriginal children from speaking and learning their language. More recent laws and policies have attempted to address this.

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Leanne Holt, 'The Development of Aboriginal Education Policy in Australia – Voices of the National Aboriginal Education Committee (NAEC)' (PhD Thesis, The University of Newcastle, July 2016)

Language revitalisation