• Promoting the development of rural Australia

    SPERA acknowledges that the land we call Australia has – for tens of thousands of years – been the spiritual and physical home of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, who continue to carry this unbroken cultural connection into the 21st century. We pay our respects to the ancestors and elders past, present and emerging.

Register now for the 2026 National Conference for Regional, Rural and Remote Education (NCRRRE)

Join us at the Mercure Ballarat Hotel and Convention Centre from 18 to 20 August 2026.

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Education in Rural Australia Vol 13, No 1 (2003)

Journal Papers Quantifying Access Disadvantage and Gathering…
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Education in Rural Australia Vol 13, No 2 (2003)

Journal Papers The Rural Population Transformation and Education…
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Education in Rural Australia Vol 14, No 1 (2004)

Journal Papers Some links between economic and social changes…
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Education in Rural Australia Vol 14, No 2 (2004)

Journal Papers Beyond The Agricultural Paradigm in Regional…
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Call for Abstracts: 2016 SPERA/ISFIRE Conference

Rural Education: Place, Pedagogies, Partnerships and Possibilities SPERA,…