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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Large sums of Melbourne money went into central Queensland and the district
around Mackay,” while the prospect of both land and trading posts attracted
established Pacific traders like the Sydney-based Towns and Co. to the far north.
Large sums of Melbourne money went into central Queensland and the district
around Mackay,” while the prospect of both land and trading posts attracted
established Pacific traders like the Sydney-based Towns and Co. to the far north.
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Collections of zoological, palaeontological, geological and anthropological
materials were established in each of the major cities during this time. They
provided entertainment as well as instruction. Gerard Krefft, curator of the Sydney
museum, ...
Collections of zoological, palaeontological, geological and anthropological
materials were established in each of the major cities during this time. They
provided entertainment as well as instruction. Gerard Krefft, curator of the Sydney
museum, ...
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Heidenreich established Hermannsburg Mission to the Aborigines in central
Australia and for many years was a leading ... In 1863 Friedrich August
Hagenauer established Ramahyuck and spent the rest of his life— he died in
1909—working ...
Heidenreich established Hermannsburg Mission to the Aborigines in central
Australia and for many years was a leading ... In 1863 Friedrich August
Hagenauer established Ramahyuck and spent the rest of his life— he died in
1909—working ...
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| Title | The Oxford History of Australia: 1860-1900, Glad, Confident morning Volume 3 of The Oxford History of Australia, Geoffrey Bolton |
| Author | Beverley Kingston |
| Editors | Geoffrey Bolton, Beverley Kingston |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1986 |
| ISBN | 0195546113, 9780195546118 |
| Length | 368 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / United States / General |
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