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  "The economic success of Asia and the educational success of key Asian countries have piqued public interest in high-achieving Asian-background students in Australian schools. Admirers see the children of Asian migrants as perfect students: aspirational, studious and compliant."

  Christina Ho in Aspiration and Anxiety

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  "If we only know them as prime ministers, we lose the Incredible story of how they became the men who shaped history."

  Liam Byrne in Becoming John Curtin and James Scullin

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  "The modern story of the convent is important for heritage conservation, community activism, social entrepreneurship, land-use planning, and the social history of Melbourne."

  Stuart Kells in The Convent