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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100 Staff and officials trained in the convict system did not quickly change their
ways or habits of mind , nor did the convicts simply go away . Both Western
Australia and Tasmania had higher masculinity ratios in the 1860s than other
colonies .
100 Staff and officials trained in the convict system did not quickly change their
ways or habits of mind , nor did the convicts simply go away . Both Western
Australia and Tasmania had higher masculinity ratios in the 1860s than other
colonies .
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A trickle of ex - convicts remained a worry , especially in South Australia where
the stigma of convictism was resisted and resented . Until the turn of the century
most passenger shipping called only at Albany in Western Australia , thus ...
A trickle of ex - convicts remained a worry , especially in South Australia where
the stigma of convictism was resisted and resented . Until the turn of the century
most passenger shipping called only at Albany in Western Australia , thus ...
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that henceforth conditional pardons must be served out in Western Australia .
This somewhat lessened the attractions of transportation in the west . There was
not much disappointment when Britain decided to discontinue the system after
1868 ...
that henceforth conditional pardons must be served out in Western Australia .
This somewhat lessened the attractions of transportation in the west . There was
not much disappointment when Britain decided to discontinue the system after
1868 ...
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| Title | The Oxford History of Australia, Volume 3 The Oxford History of Australia, Geoffrey Bolton |
| Author | Beverley Kingston |
| Editors | Geoffrey Bolton, Beverley Kingston |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1986 |
| ISBN | 0195546113, 9780195546118 |
| Length | 368 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / United States / General |
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