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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... accepted and tried to live according to the church's pre- scription of what a devout Catholic man or woman should be ... acceptance of authority which 84 THE OXFORD HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA.
... accepted and tried to live according to the church's pre- scription of what a devout Catholic man or woman should be ... acceptance of authority which 84 THE OXFORD HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA.
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Beverley Kingston Geoffrey Bolton. However , that sentimental piety and acceptance of authority which made good Catholics had ... accepted authority . They attended piously , carried out their duties carefully and without question . When ...
Beverley Kingston Geoffrey Bolton. However , that sentimental piety and acceptance of authority which made good Catholics had ... accepted authority . They attended piously , carried out their duties carefully and without question . When ...
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... accepted it to live up to its teachings , of the comfort and power of its position while it preached the virtues of poverty and self - discipline to the masses . They re- jected the hierarchical structure of Christianity , its arbitrari ...
... accepted it to live up to its teachings , of the comfort and power of its position while it preached the virtues of poverty and self - discipline to the masses . They re- jected the hierarchical structure of Christianity , its arbitrari ...
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