The Oxford History of Australia: 1860-1900, Glad, Confident morningLate 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 99
Many were restless, impatient, idealistic, and not a little shocked by the kind of
work and working conditions they were forced to accept in the land of promise,
the workingman's paradise. The Queensland frontier had never been any kind of
...
Many were restless, impatient, idealistic, and not a little shocked by the kind of
work and working conditions they were forced to accept in the land of promise,
the workingman's paradise. The Queensland frontier had never been any kind of
...
Page 118
These men were least likely to have families of any kind, neither brothers, sisters,
nor cousins. Homelessness became a problem. So did alcohol. An analysis of
the earliest recipients of the old-age pension shows an excess of men over ...
These men were least likely to have families of any kind, neither brothers, sisters,
nor cousins. Homelessness became a problem. So did alcohol. An analysis of
the earliest recipients of the old-age pension shows an excess of men over ...
Page 139
Even though there were many constraints on the kind of marriage he might
arrange for a particular female relative, in the end, his right to do so elicited
respect, self-respect, and the confident expectation that he in his turn would be
the recipient ...
Even though there were many constraints on the kind of marriage he might
arrange for a particular female relative, in the end, his right to do so elicited
respect, self-respect, and the confident expectation that he in his turn would be
the recipient ...
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| Title | The Oxford History of Australia: 1860-1900, Glad, Confident morning Volume 3 of The Oxford History of Australia, Geoffrey Bolton |
| Author | Beverley Kingston |
| Editors | Geoffrey Bolton, Beverley Kingston |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1986 |
| ISBN | 0195546113, 9780195546118 |
| Length | 368 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / United States / General |
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