Schools

Title
Schools
Publication Date
2006
Author(s)
Mitchell, Bruce Arthur
Newall, Jean
Editor
Editor(s): Alan Atkinson, J S Ryan, Iain Davidson and Andrew Piper
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Place of publication
Crows Nest, Australia
Edition
1
UNE publication id
une:1508
Abstract
As the first Europeans were settling on the Liverpool Plains and spreading with their sheep onto the Tableland, the government in Sydney wrestled with the problems of providing elementary schooling for children in small towns and on isolated farms, far from the reach of bureaucracy and the churches. By 1848 the government was able to overcome weakening resistance from some of the churches and to introduce a system of 'national' schools alongside subsidised church (denominational) schools. The national schools, although sometimes described as secular, were really non-denominational Christian schools, seeking to inculcate a 'common Christianity' - a notion hotly rejected by Catholic and most Anglican churchmen.
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Citation
High Lean Country: Land, People and Memory in New England, p. 171-183
ISBN
9781741750867
9781741761092
Start page
171
End page
183

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