Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
Introduction: the cinematic vernacular of Australian schooling -- The silent era: 'a school of sentiment' -- High tide of nationalist portrayal 1930s-1960s -- Nation and the girls' boarding school in the 1970s -- Nation and the boys' school in the 1970s -- State high school blues in the early 1980s -- The school film in the late 1980s -- Multicultural nation at school in the 1980s-1990s -- Private school fantasies in the 2000s -- Conclusion.
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Education in motion pictures.
Motion pictures-- Australia-- History and criticism.