Australian children's play in historical perspective: Continuity and change on the school playground

International Journal of Play

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 264-278

  Darian Smith, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian children's play; Australian primary education; children's play; history of Australian children and childhood; history of play; playlore

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001104398     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21594953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21594937.2012.739826     Document Type: Article

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