Dividing Australia

Before State Aid was introduced again in the Twentieth Century, the opponents of State Aid declared that "public money to private schools encourages division amongst children based on social, economic, class, and particularisms such as colour, country, ethnicity, and creed. It was clearly stated that the increase in State Aid would divide children along the lines of divisions in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Children have been divided by colour and within colour.

The following table illustrates, by studying the number and type of Church schools that were in existence in 1964 and then in 1985 and finally 1999 this ongoing division in our community:

NUMBER AND TYPE OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS FUNDED TO DIVIDE AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN

TYPE OF PRIVATE SCHOOL	1964	1985	1999
Classified Denominational (1964)
Baptist	5	34	37
C of E/Anglican	122	102	121
Hebrew/Jewish	10	16	17
Lutheran	28	63	80
Methodist/Uniting	27	39	42
Presbyterian	39	10	13
Roman Catholic	1827	1683	1684
Seventh Day Adventist	44	78	60
Unclassified (1964)
Other	10	83	63
Undenominational	93
New Classifications
Ananda Marga			4
Assembly of God			25
Brethren			9
Catholic (other)			4
Christadelphian			2
Christian Schools		5	101
Christian Scientist		1	1
Churches of Christ		1	2
Denominational /Inter		8	26
Denominational/ Non		100	134
Hare Krishna		1	1
Montessori		10	27
Moslem		3	21
Orthodox Greek		5	7
Orthodox Other			4
Other Religion		66	6
Pentecostal			22
Scientology			4
Steiner		10	40
Quaker		1	1
TOTAL	2205	2319	2558