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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Through the later decades of the nineteeth cen— tury 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 cen— tury 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, nor
Hobart ...
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, nor
Hobart ...
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the later uses to which folksong was put by composers like Grainger, Bartok and
Kodaly.” There were some visiting scholars and journalists, as well as a few local
students of Aboriginal culture, who sought and were granted the privileged ...
the later uses to which folksong was put by composers like Grainger, Bartok and
Kodaly.” There were some visiting scholars and journalists, as well as a few local
students of Aboriginal culture, who sought and were granted the privileged ...
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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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