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Queensland’s Bible in State Schools Referendum – 1910

06/06/2014 by Yvonne Perkins 2 Comments

Members of the executive of Queensland's Bible in State Schools League.

My honours thesis, Queensland's Bible in State Schools Referendum 1910: A Case Study of Democracy, is now available to download from the University of Sydney eScholarship Repository. In it I explore a fascinating era of Queensland's history where women, Labour politicians and the Protestant clergymen of the Bible in State Schools League were key participants in a public debate … [Read more...] about Queensland’s Bible in State Schools Referendum – 1910

Design 29: Creating a Capital

17/06/2013 by Yvonne Perkins 3 Comments

This is the year of Canberra.  The celebrations of the centenary of its founding mark a point where Canberra can reflect on its past.  The one hundredth anniversary which coincided with one of my daughters moving to Canberra has caused me to rethink my attitude to the city and recognise that as a place I should take it more seriously. A couple of months ago I wrote a review of … [Read more...] about Design 29: Creating a Capital

Quietly Pushing Barriers Aside

04/03/2013 by Yvonne Perkins 7 Comments

This week came the disappointing news that the participation in Maths by girls in their final year of school in New South Wales is declining significantly.  In 2001, the first year when students were no longer required to study a Maths or science subject in year twelve in order to qualify for university entrance, 90.5% of girls studied Maths whereas 96.9% of boys did. The … [Read more...] about Quietly Pushing Barriers Aside

Historical Evidence – Sometimes we will never know

11/12/2012 by Yvonne Perkins 3 Comments

This post started as a simple report of a few presentations at last week’s Buildings, Books and Blackboards conference in Melbourne, then it became more reflective than a report before finally morphing into a discussion about how historians construct history.  Conferences are gatherings where historians learn and share.  However, as a result of writing these blog posts about … [Read more...] about Historical Evidence – Sometimes we will never know

Public Education: It’s Not Just About Schools

04/12/2012 by Yvonne Perkins Leave a Comment

When we talk about public education we immediately think of schools. Increasingly we are recognising that education is a life-long endeavour and with the explosion of the internet learning outside of the classroom and formal education systems is gaining increasing prominence.  Last week at the Buildings, Books and Blackboards conference in Melbourne we were encouraged to … [Read more...] about Public Education: It’s Not Just About Schools

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Yvonne Perkins launched Stumbling Through the Past in August 2010. She has now researched and written over 250 posts for this blog. These posts include interviews, book reviews, news reports on conferences and reflective pieces.

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