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SECOND HAND BOOK
The earliest years of the penal settlement of New South Wales were remarkable for the achievements of colonists in educating their children. The very fact that New South Wales was a receptacle for convicts gave education a special impetus for colonists looked to the young to bring about a better tomorrow. Educations was one of the highest priorities for men and women of all social classes and religious persuasions whether it was provided in public or private schools, in institutions for destitute children, by tutors or governesses, by parents in the home or through the adoption of Aboriginal children.
Had the educational efforts of these early years ended with the convict era they would have been worthy of record for their revelation of the human concerns of settlers in a colony better known for its late eighteenth-century barbarities. But this fashioning of a truly public education began the continuous tradition of Australian education.
Dr Cleverley identifies the very beginnings of colonial education and argues its significance for the years ahead. He presents the first detailed account of the early education history of the colony of New South Wales which will be required reading for all interested and concerned with the history of Australia.
Specifications:
Condition: Fair. A lot of wear on the dust jacket and yellowing of pages.
Publisher: Sydney University Press
Year: 1971
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 168
ISBN: 042406230
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