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New South Wales, 1918-1936
The Guildford Truant School opened at the beginning of 1918. Located west of Sydney in Guildford, the school was located on the lands of the Dharug people, in what is now a suburb in the Western Sydney region. The school was in the property Linnwood (also known as Lynwood Hall), selected for its size and proximity to the railway.… Continue Reading »
Australia, 1870-1920
Those who organise schools usually have more in mind than delivering a curriculum. There is often a sense that a school will shape its students into certain kinds of persons. The development of “character” is one of the more popular ways in which the ambition is expressed (mainly for boys), although what the elements of that character might be varies over time in different schools, among the different communities that support schools, and is very responsive to the social class origins and sex and gendered characteristics of young people.… Continue Reading »
Australia, 1960-2000
Leslie Martin had a long career in physics before chairing this committee from which CAEs were produced. Source: Encyclopaedia of Australian Science and Innovation.
The report: Tertiary Education in Australia became known as the Martin Report, named after the chair of the committee appointed to produce it, physicist Leslie Martin.… Continue Reading »
Australia, 1955-1960
Keith Murray, chair of the Report, 1957. [Source: Robert Menzies Institute]
Australia, 1850-1995
As teachers became employees rather than independent contractors or owners of schools through the nineteenth century, the need to work together for a variety of purposes increased. The improvement of wages and working conditions was always one reason for purposeful association, but there was also a desire to improve the governance of schools and education administrations, as well as improving the educational experiences of young people.… Continue Reading »
Australian Capital Territory, 1966-1980
Presented to the Minister for Education in December 1972, Secondary Education for Canberra: Report of the Working Committee on College Proposals for the Australian Capital Territory, was part of a wider movement for the reform of education in the ACT. Referred to as the “Campbell Report”, after committee chair Richard Campbell, its recommendations were accepted by the new Commonwealth Labor government and implemented in the following years.… Continue Reading »
Australia, 1950-2025
One of the most popular genres in the writing of educational history is that of individual schools. The quality of such histories varies quite dramatically as authorship proceeds from amateur enthusiasts to professional historians. The main problem with school histories is that they are usually written for the purpose of valorising or celebrating the existence of a school.… Continue Reading »
Australia, 1975-2020
Schools do not exist for the sole purpose of educating young people in the knowledge and skills that are mainly agreed as essential for employment, citizenship and social life in general. They are also about inculcating belief systems that may be more or less explicit, closed or open to critical challenge.… Continue Reading »
Victoria, 1846-1851
In late 1845, the minister and two deacons from the Collins Street Baptist Church in Melbourne sent a memorial to the superintendent of the Port Phillip District, Charles La Trobe, seeking permission to establish a day school for Indigenous children in the vicinity of the town. They proposed that the school be held in a four-roomed building, formerly occupied by Dr Macarthur, which stood on crown land situated at the confluence of the Yarra River and Merri Creek.… Continue Reading »
Aotearoa New Zealand, 1939-1989
The School Publications Branch of New Zealand’s Department of Education was established in 1939, during the second term of the first Labour Government. From 1940 Clarence Beeby, then Director of Education, oversaw the Branch’s activities. According to Beeby, School Publications flourished after he enabled its staff to exercise editorial and creative freedom (Beeby, 1957, p.… Continue Reading »
