'The article provides an overview of the historically colonial, dichotomous relationship of foreign-owned multinationals and locally owned independents in Australian educational publishing. I focus on the early settlement years, the development of educational publishing in the 19th century, the post-war dominance of Australian independents in the 20th century, the rise of foreign-owned multinationals from the mid-20th century, and the state of Australian educational publishing from the late 20th century.' (Publication abstract)