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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... arrived to be carried south . The train came once a fortnight . To the south lay abandoned farms and crumbling chimney stacks . Northwards the land was considered too poor to sup- port further extension of the railway , too dry for ...
... arrived to be carried south . The train came once a fortnight . To the south lay abandoned farms and crumbling chimney stacks . Northwards the land was considered too poor to sup- port further extension of the railway , too dry for ...
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... arrived in West- ern Australia . Under regulations laid down by the British government they worked for a period on government projects , then were granted tickets - of - leave and sent to work for private employers . They were still ...
... arrived in West- ern Australia . Under regulations laid down by the British government they worked for a period on government projects , then were granted tickets - of - leave and sent to work for private employers . They were still ...
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... arrived the next year to fill the position and he was able to gather a strong group of local performers and students , thus laying the foundations for the conservatorium which emerged at the end of the century , also supported by Elder ...
... arrived the next year to fill the position and he was able to gather a strong group of local performers and students , thus laying the foundations for the conservatorium which emerged at the end of the century , also supported by Elder ...
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