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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... farmers too placed great importance on access to virgin land . Like the early squatters , farmers thought of moving farther out when farms seemed crowded or soil exhausted . Like the squatters they paid too little attention to ...
... farmers too placed great importance on access to virgin land . Like the early squatters , farmers thought of moving farther out when farms seemed crowded or soil exhausted . Like the squatters they paid too little attention to ...
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... farming conditions in the Old World , those in Australia were harsh but open to change . Clever or knowledgeable farmers survived . Successful farmers needed the skills of smart businessmen . Though farming seemed a link with ...
... farming conditions in the Old World , those in Australia were harsh but open to change . Clever or knowledgeable farmers survived . Successful farmers needed the skills of smart businessmen . Though farming seemed a link with ...
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... farmers and their labourers in the Old World . Defying expectations of the 1860s that a class of yeoman farmers would unsettle the squatters and provide conser- vative political ballast , farmers themselves became a more demanding and ...
... farmers and their labourers in the Old World . Defying expectations of the 1860s that a class of yeoman farmers would unsettle the squatters and provide conser- vative political ballast , farmers themselves became a more demanding and ...
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