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THE LONG ROAD TO SCHOOL: SEA PICTURES FROM A CONVENT BOARDING SCHOOL ST URSULA'S YEPPOON FOUNDED IN 1917
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The voices of women and men about their childhood and schooling are important components of this history. Through oral history there is a stronger understanding, both of the history of a Catholic boarding school and of the broader historical and social contexts in which the students and teachers lived. The record of student and staff experiences provides a valuable insight into the social order of the school and how educational practices and policies were received by them. Practices in the daily routine of boarding school played a critical role in the gender formation of students.2Oral histories provide a more nuanced account of a boarding school's history that cannot be gleaned from official school records. Behind the registered family details there are the richer narratives of why some students were placed in boarding school. This narrative recognises the agency of the women who settled in central Queensland and who engaged in enterprising activities to establish and maintain the social, cultural, religious and educational progress in remote regions from the early 20th century. Women formed vital links and gave support to their husbands and family members in the history of settlement in inland and coastal central Queensland. Many women through sometimes tragic circumstances were forced to stride out alone and forge as secure a life as possible for their children and families. Institutes of women religious such as the Presentation Sisters by their lives and work also made a significant contribution through education beginning in Longreach from 1900, Emerald in 1902 and Yeppoon in 1917.
THE LONG ROAD TO SCHOOL: SEA PICTURES FROM A CONVENT BOARDING SCHOOL ST URSULA'S YEPPOON FOUNDED IN 1917
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