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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... exploration and pastoralism had revealed great wealth and vast potential , brilliantly confirmed by the gold discoveries of the 1850s . In 1860 , with over half the continent but roughly explored and still unsettled , there was no need ...
... exploration and pastoralism had revealed great wealth and vast potential , brilliantly confirmed by the gold discoveries of the 1850s . In 1860 , with over half the continent but roughly explored and still unsettled , there was no need ...
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... exploration , the end of expansion , the closing of that chapter in which there had always been better land further out . What land there was became increasingly difficult of access . The north coast of Queensland retained its ...
... exploration , the end of expansion , the closing of that chapter in which there had always been better land further out . What land there was became increasingly difficult of access . The north coast of Queensland retained its ...
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... Exploration from 1788 to 1888 , Turner and Henderson , Sydney , 1888 , esp . chap . XI on the Jardines . 5 Mary Durack , Kings in Grass Castles , Corgi Books , London , 1967 ; Gordon Buchanan , Packhorse and Waterhole . With the first ...
... Exploration from 1788 to 1888 , Turner and Henderson , Sydney , 1888 , esp . chap . XI on the Jardines . 5 Mary Durack , Kings in Grass Castles , Corgi Books , London , 1967 ; Gordon Buchanan , Packhorse and Waterhole . With the first ...
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