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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Page 84
... included a timid rejection of much behaviour suggest- ing modernity ; an inward - looking self - absorption so that Catholics mixed as little as possible with the rest of the com- munity , keeping to their own schools , sporting and ...
... included a timid rejection of much behaviour suggest- ing modernity ; an inward - looking self - absorption so that Catholics mixed as little as possible with the rest of the com- munity , keeping to their own schools , sporting and ...
Page 114
... included , at least for practical pur- poses , in the sexual equation . This still gives a poor idea of the real distribution of the sexes on a geographical basis , for women predominated in urban areas while men outnum- bered women in ...
... included , at least for practical pur- poses , in the sexual equation . This still gives a poor idea of the real distribution of the sexes on a geographical basis , for women predominated in urban areas while men outnum- bered women in ...
Page 234
... included in the tours of leading European and American dancers and dancing troupes who brought classic works like La Vivandière , Giselle , and La Syl- phide . Some Australian dancers became famous in their own time , like Julia ...
... included in the tours of leading European and American dancers and dancing troupes who brought classic works like La Vivandière , Giselle , and La Syl- phide . Some Australian dancers became famous in their own time , like Julia ...
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