The Oxford History of Australia, Volume 3Late nineteenth-century Australia claimed one of the world's highest standards of living and was seen as one of the most successful examples of the transplantation of British culture. Yet beneath the surface prosperity, there lay a great deal of uncertainty and conflict, including clashes among churches, the crash of the 1890s, pressure for federation, and the challenging of traditional views of education, women's roles, and the family. This volume takes a skeptical look at many of the common perceptions of Australia in the Victorian era, concentrating on human values rather than on the rhetoric of national achievement. |
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... demand for Australian wool grew and production costs were held down by con- tinuous expansion . Sheep spread into every corner of the continent where they could survive and produce wool , and even where they could not . This expansion ...
... demand for Australian wool grew and production costs were held down by con- tinuous expansion . Sheep spread into every corner of the continent where they could survive and produce wool , and even where they could not . This expansion ...
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... demand for coal rose steadily from 1860 and pro- duction expanded to meet this demand . New South Wales produced 368 000 tons of coal in 1860. There were some 979 coal - miners according to the New South Wales census of 1861 , 900 of ...
... demand for coal rose steadily from 1860 and pro- duction expanded to meet this demand . New South Wales produced 368 000 tons of coal in 1860. There were some 979 coal - miners according to the New South Wales census of 1861 , 900 of ...
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... demand for capital113 brought about the ' depression ' , the ' downturn ' , the ' slump ' of the early 1890s , as well as a tendency to dramatize the contrasts between earlier growth and subsequent decline . There was no need for more ...
... demand for capital113 brought about the ' depression ' , the ' downturn ' , the ' slump ' of the early 1890s , as well as a tendency to dramatize the contrasts between earlier growth and subsequent decline . There was no need for more ...
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