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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108 balanced by the more sober fact that well over half the male population and almost all the female population left no significant property . As Rubinstein points out , their standard of living might have been quite satisfactory while ...
108 balanced by the more sober fact that well over half the male population and almost all the female population left no significant property . As Rubinstein points out , their standard of living might have been quite satisfactory while ...
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There were ' no fewer than twenty - three liquor Acts ' passed in Victoria in the second - half of the nineteenth century . 139 As well , the proportion of deaths caused by violent accident among young men was unnecessarily high .
There were ' no fewer than twenty - three liquor Acts ' passed in Victoria in the second - half of the nineteenth century . 139 As well , the proportion of deaths caused by violent accident among young men was unnecessarily high .
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Following British experience , the need of city - based clerical workers for a break in the second half of the year ( Easter made a break in the first half ) brought about the bank holiday and the public service holiday .
Following British experience , the need of city - based clerical workers for a break in the second half of the year ( Easter made a break in the first half ) brought about the bank holiday and the public service holiday .
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| Title | The Oxford History of Australia, Volume 3 The Oxford History of Australia, Geoffrey Bolton |
| Author | Beverley Kingston |
| Editor | Geoffrey Bolton |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1986 |
| ISBN | 0195546113, 9780195546118 |
| Length | 368 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / United States / General |
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