University College

Title
University College
Publication Date
2014
Author(s)
Oates, William
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2569-637X
Email: woates@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:woates4
Type of document
Entry In Reference Work
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Armidale Dumaresq Council
Place of publication
Armidale, Australia
Edition
1
UNE publication id
une:18382
Abstract
Long-serving Minister of Education in New South Wales David Drummond quoted Premier William Holman in the beginning of his book 'A University is Born'. Holman stated in 1923 that "before you can hope to have decentralisation you must first teach the teachers." Dating back to 1788, a self-evident truth was that if something existed in Sydney that was good enough for all New South Wales. This applied to the major cultural infrastructure including the university sector. Country students could be sent to Sydney for university if not going direct to prestigious institutions like Oxford, Cambridge or Edinburgh. The desire of country people to construct local facilities and avoid travel to Sydney was something most Sydneysiders could not understand. In a sense, the urban population and their voting power were Holman's teachers. Given this environment, it would take a concerted political movement to start a university in a rural location.
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Citation
Armidale: 150 years, p. 248-248
ISBN
9780646912660
Start page
248
End page
248

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