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An old boy network, or society (also old boys' club), can refer to social and business connections among former pupils of male-only private schools. British public school students were traditionally called "boys", thus graduated students are "old boys". This can apply to the network between the graduates of a single school regardless of their gender. It is also known as an ''old boy society'' and is similar to an alumni association. It can also mean a network of social and business connections among the alumni of various prestigious schools. In popular language, ''old boy network'' or ''old boy society'' has come to be used in reference to the preservation of social elites in general; such connections within the British Civil Service formed a primary theme in the British Broadcasting Corporation's satirical comedy series ''Yes Minister''. The phrase "It's not what you know, it's whom you know" is associated with this tradition. ==Australia== In Australia, the term "Old Boy" is used to describe a male alumnus of some prestigious state and private schools. The term "Old Girl" is similarly used for a female alumna of such schools. In Australia there was academic research in 1988 to identify the extent of the "Old Boy/Girl network" among Australia's elite, using ''Who's Who in Australia'' (a listing of notable Australians) as a sample of people in elite positions. This research shows that a small number of private and selective state schools have Old Boys/Old Girls who disproportionately hold elite positions in Australian society.〔Mark Peel and Janet McCalman, ''Who Went Where in Who's Who 1988: The Schooling of the Australian Elite'', Melbourne University History Research Series Number 1, 1992〕〔Ian Hansen, ''Nor Free Nor Secular: Six independent schools in Victoria, a First Sample'', Oxford University Press, 1971〕 The 1988 study showed the top ten Australian schools for Old Boys/Old Girls were: *for boy's schools – *#Scotch College, Melbourne *#Melbourne Grammar School *#Melbourne High School *#Geelong Grammar School *#Sydney Boys High School *#Wesley College, Melbourne *#Sydney Church of England Grammar School *#Fort Street Boys' High *#North Sydney Boys High School *#Sydney Grammar School *for girl's schools – *#Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne *#SCEGGS Darlinghurst *#Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne *#Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney *#Melbourne Girls Grammar School *#Mac.Robertson Girls' High School *#North Sydney Girls' High School *#Sydney Girls High School *#Methodist Ladies' College Sydney *#University High School, Melbourne 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「old boy network」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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