Abstract
The article reveals certain recurrent themes in the history of Australian education that remain of relevance today: church-state relations; the important role played by independent and denominational schools in a country that thinks of itself as being lay; state-Federal (Commonwealth) relations; funding; the situation of Aborigines in the education system; the role of education in a democracy. It explores how attitudes to education played a role in Australias situation in the Pacific, and notably in Melanesia, from colonial days through the era of independence to today's postcolonial neo-liberal context and globalisation that involve a different approach to diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Diversité de la démocratie: Théorie et comparatisme : les pays de la Mélanésie |
Editors | Florence Faberon |
Place of Publication | France |
Publisher | Université d’Auvergne, Centre Michel de l'Hospital |
Pages | 439-453 |
Volume | 1 |
Edition | 1st |
ISBN (Print) | 9782912589491 |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |