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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... interest bill falling due at mid - year , by falling wool prices , and by a creeping drought . Most of the banks reopened after they had had time to sort out their affairs , but many of the building societies were utterly bankrupt ...
... interest bill falling due at mid - year , by falling wool prices , and by a creeping drought . Most of the banks reopened after they had had time to sort out their affairs , but many of the building societies were utterly bankrupt ...
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... interest them as it did a large troupe of visiting social reformers , like Beatrice and Sidney Webb141 or Henry Demarest Lloyd , 142 though S. A. Rosa kept Lombroso in- formed about developments in criminology in Australia , 143 and ...
... interest them as it did a large troupe of visiting social reformers , like Beatrice and Sidney Webb141 or Henry Demarest Lloyd , 142 though S. A. Rosa kept Lombroso in- formed about developments in criminology in Australia , 143 and ...
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... interest in the possibility of nominating a candidate , securing his election , following his speeches , and monitoring his performance in parliament . Because of the numbers involved it was not im- probable that the local member would ...
... interest in the possibility of nominating a candidate , securing his election , following his speeches , and monitoring his performance in parliament . Because of the numbers involved it was not im- probable that the local member would ...
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