The large increase in the non-British proportion of Australia's population since 1945 has created a demand for greater recognition in schools of cultural difference and a reaffirmation of the goal of equality of educational opportunity. The first of the two sets of curricular materials examined, Ethnic Australia, develops an Eurocentric view of exploration and interethnic relations favourable to the needs of capitalist economic growth. In its presentation Italian and Greek cultures, it highlights and reinforces those attitudes and behaviours which are most conducive to an acceptance of competitive individualism under capitalism. The materials entitled Australia: A Multicultural Society, offers a view of culture and a picture of the material circumstances of Greeks and other migrants in Australia which accords with the most recent and carefully conducted research. In delivering a sustained attack on the inadequate provision for migrants in this country, they expose children to a variety of ideological perspectives gleaned from the media, ethnic communities and the peer culture. Finally, there is a brief discussion of the problems of construction and dissemination of critical curricular materials in a publicly funded educational system.