This annotated bibliography lists 368 higher degree theses for degrees at both master and doctoral levels in the field of education awarded during 1988 in Australia. The Introduction explains the nature, purpose, and organization of the bibliography. It provides information on subject coverage by degree awarded, availability of theses, and other pertinent topics. This is followed by a table showing distribution of theses among institutions by state and a list of authors by institution. The Main Entry Section contains full citations, arranged in alphabetical order by author surname, with an abstract and subject descriptors from the Australian Thesaurus of Education Descriptors and the Australian Education Index subject identifiers. Finally, the Subject Index provides alphabetical sequence of descriptors and identifiers with the title of the theses and main entry number displayed after each. (GLR)