Colonial cap and gown
Subtitle: studies in the mid-Victorian universities of Australasia
By: W. J. Gardner.
Series: University of Canterbury publication ; no. 25; University of Canterbury publications ;; no. 25.
Publisher: University of Canterbury
Published: 1979
Place of publication: Christchurch
Language: eng
Number of pages: 124
Subjects: Universities and colleges -- Australia -- History.; Universities and colleges -- Asia -- History.
Description: Comparisons in the early university life of Australasia: Sydney, Melbourne, Otago, Canterbury and Adelaide. Foundations: political, economic and social influences. Emphasis on autochthonous factors. Three 'encyclopaedic god-professors': Woolley, Hearn and Macmillan Brown. Admission of women to Otago, Canterbury and Adelaide. Background and careers of women graduates of Otago and Canterbury, with some reference to Adelaide. Based on research in archives of the five universities, statistical studies and case histories. (Author).
Notes: Bibliography: p. [112]
Includes index.