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Sumner, R. J. – Australian Journal of Adult and Community Education, 1990
In nineteenth-century Britain, adult education for the working classes was provided by Sunday schools, working men's colleges, university extension, and mechanics' institutes. Similar efforts in colonial Australia laid the foundation for twentieth-century adult education initiatives. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational History, Educationally Disadvantaged, Extension Education
