Publication Date
3-1973
Abstract
'That part of the holding of a farmer or landowner which pays best for cultivation is the small estate within the ring-fence of his skull.'1 These words were written by Charles Dickens in an article concerning the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, to which he sent his own son as a student. That college had been opened in 1846 and it subsequently served as one of the main models on which the early Australian agricultural colleges were fashioned. The other main model was that of the American agricultural colleges, which, at least in the early years of their existence, differed from Cirencester in that they included a component of manual farm work in their curricula.
Recommended Citation
Black, A. (1973). Whither the Australian Agricultural Colleges? Quarterly Review of Australian Education, 6(1). https://research.acer.edu.au/qrae/21/
Copyright Statement
Copyright Australian Council for Educational Research 1973.
Place of Publication
Melbourne, Victoria
Publisher
Australian Council for Educational Research
ISBN
0855630949
Comments
Digitised in 2025 from a print copy held by the ACER library.
Quarterly Review of Australian Education Vol 6 No 1 1973