History of Education Review: Volume 41 Issue 2

“Ceaselessly circling the centre”: Historical contextualization of indigenous education within Australia

Jeannie Herbert

The purpose of this paper is to explore the educational journey of indigenous Australians since the time of the 1788 invasion through into the modern Australian university. This…

Engaging non‐indigenous students in indigenous history and “un‐history”: An approach for non‐indigenous teachers and a politics for the twenty‐first century

Mary O'Dowd

The purpose of the paper is to analyse non‐indigenous student resistance to indigenous history and to improve non‐indigenous students’ engagement with indigenous history.

The Parramatta Māori Seminary and the education of indigenous peoples in early colonial New South Wales

Rachel Standfield

The purpose of this paper is to explore the theme of centre and periphery in education through a study of the views and actions of the Reverend Samuel Marsden, New South Wales…

Perspectives from the periphery? Colombo Plan scholars in New Zealand Universities, 1951‐1975

Jenny Collins

The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of the arrival of Colombo Plan Scholars in New Zealand and consider ways in which their experience helped to bridge distances…

“Disaffection in the library”: shaping a living centre of learning

Mary Carroll, Sue Reynolds

To most minds libraries exist at the periphery of debates over education and educational reform. However, the purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how, in 1910, the Melbourne…

The centre is dead, long live the centre! Reflections on centre and periphery in Australian senior history curricula

Reinhard Kuehnel

By deconstructing centres and peripheries in Australian history curricula, the purpose of this paper is to establish in what ways these documents blended local, state‐specific…

Introduction to the history of education review special issue: centre and periphery in histories of education

Peter Rushbrook