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From the late nineteenth century, academic disciplines emerged in universities, marking boundaries of knowledge, teaching and research. Education became a transnational academic discipline, developing across Britain, Europe and North America and providing a foundation for the teaching profession.

Educated in Edinburgh, Alexander Mackie was influenced by German idealist philosophy and by progressive views of teaching drawn from the United States. He carried his academic values across the Empire when he was appointed the inaugural principal of Õ¬Äе¼º½ Teachers’ College and professor of education at the University of Õ¬Äе¼º½.

For almost four decades, Mackie struggled to sustain education as an academic discipline and teaching as an autonomous profession. Failing health hindered his efforts, but many of his values were passed on to his children. Grounded in their father’s educational philosophy, Mackie’s daughter, Margaret, and son, John, became academics, engaging with the transnational postwar worlds of inquiry and research.

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From its beginnings in 1850, the University of Õ¬Äе¼º½ was created as an institution to suit the needs of New South Wales, not simply to reflect England's ancient universities. A founding principle was that academic merit alone regardless of religious beliefs or social upbringing would be the test for admission.

Õ¬Äе¼º½: the Making of a Public University explores the principle of public engagement and how it came into practice and was shaped by succeeding generations. From staff, students and curriculum, to sports, philanthropy, faiths and research, Julia Horne and Geoffrey Sherington probe the meaning of the first hundred and sixty years of Õ¬Äе¼º½ University, one of the first public universities in the world.

Richly illustrated, Õ¬Äе¼º½: the Making of a Public University tells the story of the University of Õ¬Äе¼º½ and its distinctively Australian character.

This is the hard cover with dust jacket edition.

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Õ¬Äе¼º½ University Sport 1852-2007: More than a Club offers a fascinating and highly informative overview of the development of sport at the University of Õ¬Äе¼º½ over the past century and a half. The story is set in the wider context of the history of the University and the history of Australian sport.

The University of Õ¬Äе¼º½, with the oldest rugby football club and some of the oldest cricket, boating, tennis and athletic clubs, played a decisive, pioneering and previously undocumented role in the development of these and other sports in Australia. Apart from highlighting the contribution that the University has made to the development of sport within the wider Australian community, this study illuminates the new understandings of the role that sport has played in the life of the University and its students, and more generally of the importance of sport within Australian cultural institutions. It shows how universities have both adapted and influenced the development of the values and administration of sport within Australia.

Õ¬Äе¼º½ University Sport 1852-2007: More than a Club is recommended reading for anyone involved in sport and education - from sport administrators and coaches, to historians, students, researchers and policy-makers. It will provide valuable understanding of the place and meaning of sport in the context of Australian schools and universities.

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Õ¬Äе¼º½ University Sport 1852-2007: More than a Club offers a fascinating and highly informative overview of the development of sport at the University of Õ¬Äе¼º½ over the past century and a half. The story is set in the wider context of the history of the University and the history of Australian sport.

The University of Õ¬Äе¼º½, with the oldest rugby football club and some of the oldest cricket, boating, tennis and athletic clubs, played a decisive, pioneering and previously undocumented role in the development of these and other sports in Australia. Apart from highlighting the contribution that the University has made to the development of sport within the wider Australian community, this study illuminates the new understandings of the role that sport has played in the life of the University and its students, and more generally of the importance of sport within Australian cultural institutions. It shows how universities have both adapted and influenced the development of the values and administration of sport within Australia.

Õ¬Äе¼º½ University Sport 1852-2007: More than a Club is recommended reading for anyone involved in sport and education - from sport administrators and coaches, to historians, students, researchers and policy-makers. It will provide valuable understanding of the place and meaning of sport in the context of Australian schools and universities.