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Anglican Education in the Diocese of Perth Western
Australia 1917-1992. Edition No. 1
VDM Publishing House, Jan 2009, Pages: 212
Within the State of Western Australia, education has
been provided not only by the State, but also by
religious denominations, particularly the Catholic
Church, the Anglican Church and other Christian
groups. This book is concerned with Anglican
education in the State between the years 1917-92. The
central argument is that during the period, the
structures established for the provision of Anglican
education changed across four sub-periods. During
each sub-period, tensions existed between those who
supported the notion of Anglican schools being almost
exclusively for the better-off sections of the
Anglican community; and those who believed that
Anglican education should be available to all those
Anglicans and non-Anglicans who wished to access it,
regardless of wealth or status. The outcome was the
establishment of the Anglican Schools Commission in
1985, with its commitment to ‘low-fee’ schools. In
doing so, the Church demonstrated that it favoured
access to Anglican schooling to a much wider spectrum
of society than had hitherto been the case. The
analysis should appeal to readers interested in the
history of education particularly that associated
with church schools.
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