In contrast, by 1950, in Australia (where educational regulation is state-based), two states had banned the corporal punishment of girls in government schools altogether (Victoria and Queensland), two had banned it for secondary school girls (New South Wales and Queensland), and one explicitly stated it should only be used in the most exceptional circumstances (Tasmania). Only one state made no rules requiring girls to be treated differently.
That’s state schools in both countries – the picture is different for private schools, and anecdotally, I think Australian private girls schools might have been more likely to use it than British private girls schools, but overall, I’d be surprised if Australia was more likely for most of the twentieth century to see schoolgirls corporally punished than the UK.