A history of Australian schooling
A social history of school education in Australia, from dame schools and one teacher classrooms in the bush, to the growth of private schools under public funding in recent years
History
1 online resource (288 pages ): illustrations.
9781743436738, 1743436734
1151930122
Print version:
1. Precarious endeavours: to 1820
2. School entrepreneurs: 1821-1860
3. Inventing public school systems: 1861-1900
4. Towards universal provision: 1901-1925
5. The socially useful school: 1926-1950
6. Equality of opportunity: 1951-1975
7. Towards a market of schools: 1976-2000
8. The present and future school