Servants of empire
The British training of domestics for Australia, 1926-31
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11934945 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paula Hamilton (0000-0003-3346-1690, corresponding author), B W Higman |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 67-82 |
| Publication date | 2003-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0307-1022 • E-ISSN: 1470-1200 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0141987032000040206 |
| OpenAlex | W1996653251 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 4 |
Between 1926 and 1930 the Australian and British governments jointly funded a specialized centre at Market Harborough, England, to train women for domestic service. This centre was the first such institution specifically designed to prepare migrants for employment in a particular occupation in Australia. Although the number of graduates was not significant as a proportion of the domestic service workforce of Australia, and although the scheme was brought to a sudden end when the Depression stopped assisted migration generally, the experiment was important. It demonstrated that domestic servants could be drawn from a 'better type' if training could be applied to raising the status of the occupation. For the British and Australian governments this outcome satisfied a desire to use the assisted immigration of young women to increase the population of Australia and the empire, as well as underpinning a model of society in which bourgeois domesticity reigned
Bourgeoisie · Civil servants · Economics · Economy · Empire · Immigration · Institution · Political science · Politics · Population · Service (business · Sociology · Underpinning · Workforce · Australian History and Society · Demography · Engineering · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,26 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2018 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |