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Island intersections: a correspondence about educational research in Tasmania
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Beasy, K and Corbett, Michael John and Emery, S and Pavlyshyn, H, Island intersections: a correspondence about educational research in Tasmania, Gender and island communities, Routledge, Gaini Firouz, Nielsen Helene Pristed (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 141-157. ISBN 9780367208417 (2020) [Research Book Chapter]
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DOI: doi:10.4324/9780429263705
Abstract
Tasmania: an island place
Positioned at 41° south of the equator, Tasmania is the only island state of
Australia. The state covers a land area of over 68,000 km2, of which half is currently
in national or state reserves. Approximately 530,000 people live in
Tasmania, with half of residents living in the greater Hobart precinct (Government
of Tasmania, 2019). The median age of Tasmanians is 40, and, the percentage
of children under 15 years of age in the community has decreased from 22%
in 1996 to 18% in 2014 (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2015). Hydroindustrialisation,
agriculture, and resource extraction are major contributors to
the Tasmanian economy, while the largest industries for employment include
health care and social assistance (12%), retail trade (11.3%), public administration
and safety (9%), followed closely by education and training (8.9%) (Australian
Bureau of Statistics, 2013; Government of Tasmania, 2017; Stratford, 2008).
Item Details
Item Type: | Research Book Chapter |
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Keywords: | gender, collaborative autoethnography, islandness |
Research Division: | Human Society |
Research Group: | Gender studies |
Research Field: | Gender relations |
Objective Division: | Education and Training |
Objective Group: | Schools and learning environments |
Objective Field: | Gender aspects in education |
UTAS Author: | Beasy, K (Dr Kim Beasy) |
UTAS Author: | Corbett, Michael John (Professor Michael Corbett) |
UTAS Author: | Emery, S (Dr Sherridan Emery) |
UTAS Author: | Pavlyshyn, H (Mrs Halyna Pavlyshyn) |
ID Code: | 138406 |
Year Published: | 2020 |
Deposited By: | Education |
Deposited On: | 2020-04-06 |
Last Modified: | 2020-05-20 |
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