title: Moving among friends: the establishment of professional social work education at the University of Melbourne, 1929-1941.
abstract: Despite the reputation of Melbourne, Australia, as a socially advanced city in the early twentieth century, professional social work training did not commence at what was then the city's only university, until 1941. This article describes the strategies by a coalition of wealthy philanthropists, welfare organizations, medical practitioners, social workers, and The University of Melbourne itself to establish such professional training. It does so with exploration of the hitherto unrecognized influence of New York Social Work and the unique intellectual leadership of the director of training of the founding Social Work course in Melbourne, Miss Jocelyn S. Hylsop.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Work, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Jane.miller@bigpond.com
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nichols
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005653:Fund Raising / Q000266:history; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D012946:Social Welfare / Q000266:history*; D012947:Social Work / Q000193:education / Q000266:history*; D014495:Universities / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration