Ignorance is not innocence: Sex education in Australia, 1890–1939

Sexual Pedagogies: Sex Education in Britain, Australia, and America, 1879-2000

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 33-52

  Swain, Shurlee ^a   Warne, Ellen ^b   Hillel, Margot ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1057/9781403981035     Document Type: Chapter

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