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Did the Australian community support international education?
Australian universities, schools and vocational institutions have welcomed international students since Federation. In the post-WWII era this increased dramatically, despite the limitations of the White Australia Policy. The Australian government encouraged, and in many cases sponsored or subsidised, international students to study in Australia. Supporting those students was, until the late 1980s, the task of community groups established specifically for the purpose, and funded the government. But does this welfare support provided by the Australian community demonstrate a broad community acceptance of international education at the time? Or were these individuals and groups a small sub-section of internationally minded Australians? Using the early thinking about the research I have been conducting through my Fellowship at the National Library of Australia this seminar will investigate these questions and more.
3 September 2025, 11am AEST
Burwood: C2.05.01
Waurn Ponds: IC1.108
Zoom: Click here
Dr Anna Kent is the Executive Coordinator of the Centre for Contemporary Histories and an Associate Teaching Fellow in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. Her first book, Mandates and Missteps, was published by ANU Press in 2024. Anna is a Senior Fellow of the International Education Association of Australia (IEAA) and is currently a Fellow at the National Library of Australia and the Margaret Cameron Resident at the Deakin Library. Her research interests include international education, international development, foreign policy, decolonisation and the intersections between these things.
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