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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... began to decline . Several generations of British wives and children had worn cotton in the interests of cheap- ness and cleanliness . Improvements in the standard of living encouraged a move to higher status woollen fabrics . 27 If it ...
... began to decline . Several generations of British wives and children had worn cotton in the interests of cheap- ness and cleanliness . Improvements in the standard of living encouraged a move to higher status woollen fabrics . 27 If it ...
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... began to decline relative to area under cultivation in the 1880s . English seed varieties did not acclimatize satisfac- torily . An inquiry into diseases in cereals growing in South Australia in 1868-69 revealed that although lammas ...
... began to decline relative to area under cultivation in the 1880s . English seed varieties did not acclimatize satisfac- torily . An inquiry into diseases in cereals growing in South Australia in 1868-69 revealed that although lammas ...
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Beverley Kingston Geoffrey Bolton. Galton , Emile Durkheim , Ceasare Lombroso - began pub- lishing their observations ... began to replace social conscience in the value system , new forms of measurement and regulation were required . 4 ...
Beverley Kingston Geoffrey Bolton. Galton , Emile Durkheim , Ceasare Lombroso - began pub- lishing their observations ... began to replace social conscience in the value system , new forms of measurement and regulation were required . 4 ...
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