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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... believed in as something more than the best possible moral code , -as the actual word of God . 40 Pearson believed that these attitudes were being replaced by others more ' genial ' , ' charming ' , and ' natural ' especially in family ...
... believed in as something more than the best possible moral code , -as the actual word of God . 40 Pearson believed that these attitudes were being replaced by others more ' genial ' , ' charming ' , and ' natural ' especially in family ...
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... believed that reason ( or self - interest ) must prevail . Labour philosophy was pessimistic and willing to coerce for the ' greater good ' . In this it reflected the influence of revolutionary ideology imported with socialist theories ...
... believed that reason ( or self - interest ) must prevail . Labour philosophy was pessimistic and willing to coerce for the ' greater good ' . In this it reflected the influence of revolutionary ideology imported with socialist theories ...
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... believed that a ' revolutionary situation undoubtedly existed in Australia ' at the time . 110 ' We of the rebel army ' , wrote E. H. ( Ernie ) Lane , ' quite sanely thought it [ the revolution- ary situation ] was wider spread and ...
... believed that a ' revolutionary situation undoubtedly existed in Australia ' at the time . 110 ' We of the rebel army ' , wrote E. H. ( Ernie ) Lane , ' quite sanely thought it [ the revolution- ary situation ] was wider spread and ...
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