Australian Education system
“Crime was the result of ignorance, ignorance was the result of a lack of education and, therefore, education would decrease crime” This was seen as a means of forging the penal colony of Australia into an organised and orderly society ~ Marion McCreadie
Family historians and genealogists searching for their ancestors often make the mistake of assuming that schools as they exist today also existed in days of early settlement. High schools did not exist until fairly recently in the histories of many countries and schools developed as the needs of society, economical and industrial demand. An examination of the development of school systems in Australia provides insight on school development in other colonial societies as well.
This website is aimed at reflecting on the history (from 1830 -1911), social, industrial, political, economic and philosophical contexts, and how forces from such contexts can influence the Australian Education whilst proposing directions education may take in response to these forces.
A government school is here defined as one under the control of the Board of National Education (1848-1866), the Council of Education (1867-1880), the Department administering education since 1880, or one under another government department. Private, subsidized and denominational schools, even when they received government aid and were subject to some form of government control, are not included unless such schools were later absorbed into the government school system, in which case they have been dated from the time they were taken over by the government authority.
This website is designed for Latrobe University - EDU4CCE - Changing Contexts in Education, Assessment Task 1
“Crime was the result of ignorance, ignorance was the result of a lack of education and, therefore, education would decrease crime” This was seen as a means of forging the penal colony of Australia into an organised and orderly society ~ Marion McCreadie
Family historians and genealogists searching for their ancestors often make the mistake of assuming that schools as they exist today also existed in days of early settlement. High schools did not exist until fairly recently in the histories of many countries and schools developed as the needs of society, economical and industrial demand. An examination of the development of school systems in Australia provides insight on school development in other colonial societies as well.
This website is aimed at reflecting on the history (from 1830 -1911), social, industrial, political, economic and philosophical contexts, and how forces from such contexts can influence the Australian Education whilst proposing directions education may take in response to these forces.
A government school is here defined as one under the control of the Board of National Education (1848-1866), the Council of Education (1867-1880), the Department administering education since 1880, or one under another government department. Private, subsidized and denominational schools, even when they received government aid and were subject to some form of government control, are not included unless such schools were later absorbed into the government school system, in which case they have been dated from the time they were taken over by the government authority.
This website is designed for Latrobe University - EDU4CCE - Changing Contexts in Education, Assessment Task 1