"Our Tasmanian Secretary laments that some teachers… think all their pupils feeble-minded"
Eugenics, rural culture and conceptions of intellectual disability in Australia, 1911 – 1928'.
Paper presented to the Australian Historical Association Conference, Launceston, July 2011.
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1. "Our Tasmanian Secretary laments
that some teachers… think all their
pupils feeble-minded"
Eugenics, rural culture and conceptions of
intellectual disability in Australia, 1911 – 1928
Dave Earl
PhD Candidate, The University of Sydney.
daveearl.net
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15. "Our Tasmanian Secretary laments
that some teachers… think all their
pupils feeble-minded"
Eugenics, rural culture and conceptions of
intellectual disability in Australia, 1911 – 1928
Dave Earl
PhD Candidate, The University of Sydney.
daveearl.net