General works (bibliographies, year books, directories, encyclopedias, periodicals), historical and descriptive surveys and biographical notes, international, national, and state organizations and movements, adult education methods and subject fields, theoretical aspects, service to special clientele groups (women, youth, immigrants, aborigines, armed forces, older adults, prisoners, and others), and adult education in Papua, New Guinea, constitute the major parts of this 868-item retrospective bibliography on adult education in Australia. The early mechanics' institutes, labor and workers' education, agricultural education, university extension, community development, the humanities, parent education, and library adult education, are among the subject areas and program types reviewed. Educational methods include correspondence study, group discussion, tutorial classes, residential and nonresidential classes and seminars, and independent reading. Entries are grouped under subject headings and arranged chronologically within sections. Also included are author, subject, and periodical indexes. (ly)