WEA in Australia
In 1913, the University of Melbourne invited Mansbridge to visit Australia where WEAs were initially set up in all states. As of 2012, the WEA in South Australia which claims to be ‘Australia's largest non-government adult community education organisation’ and the WEAs in New South Wales are still operating.
Early work was patterned on the WEAs in the UK. However, given the different demographic arrangements in Australia, and in the absence of other adult education providers, the WEAs in Australia became general adult education agencies. In the 1980s a range of other training providers started offering adult education thereby changing the role of the WEAs. The WEAs in Australia has many clubs and societies associated with their operation. A typical example is the WEA Film Study Group based in New South Wales.
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