Title: Lessons for ladies : a social history of girls' education in Australasia, 1870-1900 /
Authors: Chambers, Coral.
Publisher: Hale & Iremonger,
Year: 1986
Subjects: Women Education Australia History.; Women Education New Zealand History.; Women Australia.; Women New Zealand.
Abstract: The English immigrant governesses - Public and private enterprise in educational provision - class and curriculum in colonial high schools; The concept of the colonial lady.
Contents: Society and schooling -- Females and families -- The English immigrant governess -- Conformism, conventions, convents, candidates -- Public and private enterprise in educational provision -- From principles to principals -- Class and curriculum in colonial high schools -- The concept of the colonial lady.