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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 42
Page 7
... 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 Australia ...
... 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 Australia ...
Page 132
... later decades of the nineteenth century . Even so , neither Adelaide , Brisbane , nor Hobart was able to attract a community above the size of a large country town . Only the twin congregations of Perth and Fremantle , drawing on re ...
... later decades of the nineteenth century . Even so , neither Adelaide , Brisbane , nor Hobart was able to attract a community above the size of a large country town . Only the twin congregations of Perth and Fremantle , drawing on re ...
Page 235
... later listened to the recordings of the songs and attempted to transcribe two of the ' airs . . . as correctly as it is possible to play them on a piano ' , 189 but there is no evi- dence that his own music was influenced by what was ...
... later listened to the recordings of the songs and attempted to transcribe two of the ' airs . . . as correctly as it is possible to play them on a piano ' , 189 but there is no evi- dence that his own music was influenced by what was ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Aborigines Adelaide Alfred Deakin Austra Australian colonies became began bourne Brisbane Britain British building Canberra Catholic cent chap Chinese Christian church civilization coal convict culture early economic electors Eric Irvin especially farmers farming federation female George Higinbotham girls groups growth Henry Henry Lawson History houses ibid immigrants industry Irish labour land late nineteenth century legislation London male Marcus Clarke marriage married Melbourne ment Michael Davitt moral native Nellie Stewart Northern Territory organized Pacific parliament pastoral period political population Press produced Queensland railway religion responsibility River rural schools seemed settlement settlers sexual social society South Australia South Wales sport squatters St Lucia Sydney Tasmania thought tion towns trade traditional tralia union urban Victoria votes wages wealth Western Australia wives women wool workers young