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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Through the later decades of the nineteeth century it became more difficult for individuals to finance the larger and more arduous operations which were needed to carve runs out of the Northern Territory and the north - west of Western ...
Through the later decades of the nineteeth century it became more difficult for individuals to finance the larger and more arduous operations which were needed to carve runs out of the Northern Territory and the north - west of Western ...
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Whether this was for religious , cultural , or economic reasons differed with individuals ; however the Jews became metropolitan or urbanized during the later decades of the nineteenth century . Even so , neither Adelaide , Brisbane ...
Whether this was for religious , cultural , or economic reasons differed with individuals ; however the Jews became metropolitan or urbanized during the later decades of the nineteenth century . Even so , neither Adelaide , Brisbane ...
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the later uses to which folksong was put by composers like Grainger , Bartok and Kodaly.186 There were some visiting scholars and journalists , as well as a few local students of Aboriginal culture , who sought and were granted the ...
the later uses to which folksong was put by composers like Grainger , Bartok and Kodaly.186 There were some visiting scholars and journalists , as well as a few local students of Aboriginal culture , who sought and were granted the ...
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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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