The Oxford History of Australia: 1860-1900 : Glad, Confident MorningLate 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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Both Western Australia and Tasmania had higher masculinity ratios in the 1860s
than other colonies. Both subsequently had the problem of ageing, often
unmarried, or homeless men. Tom Stannage has shown how the crime rate in
Western ...
Both Western Australia and Tasmania had higher masculinity ratios in the 1860s
than other colonies. Both subsequently had the problem of ageing, often
unmarried, or homeless men. Tom Stannage has shown how the crime rate in
Western ...
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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 effectively ...
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 effectively ...
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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: 1860-1900 : Glad, Confident Morning Volume 3 of The Oxford History of Australia, The Oxford History of Australia |
| Editor | Geoffrey Curgenven Bolton |
| Contributor | Geoffrey Curgenven Bolton |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1986 |
| ISBN | 0195546113, 9780195546118 |
| Length | 384 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Australia & New Zealand History / General History / United States / General Political Science / International Relations / General Science / Life Sciences / Botany |
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