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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... delegates . 48 But as L. F. Crisp wrote , ' the Federation issue was being rushed to decision just ten or fifteen years too soon for Labour'.49 Though power in the lower houses had become a possibility , the labour move- ment was only ...
... delegates . 48 But as L. F. Crisp wrote , ' the Federation issue was being rushed to decision just ten or fifteen years too soon for Labour'.49 Though power in the lower houses had become a possibility , the labour move- ment was only ...
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... delegates representing the Australian colonies at Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee cere- monies in London in 1887 , nine were already ' Sir ' . Mortimer Franklyn ( an American ) thought the fondness he perceived for formal observation of ...
... delegates representing the Australian colonies at Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee cere- monies in London in 1887 , nine were already ' Sir ' . Mortimer Franklyn ( an American ) thought the fondness he perceived for formal observation of ...
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... delegates had been born in the antipodes . 140 Even at the first Federal Convention in 1891 only sixteen , perhaps seventeen , of forty - six dele- gates were colonial by birth . 141 At the 1883 conference it was resolved that a Federal ...
... delegates had been born in the antipodes . 140 Even at the first Federal Convention in 1891 only sixteen , perhaps seventeen , of forty - six dele- gates were colonial by birth . 141 At the 1883 conference it was resolved that a Federal ...
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