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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... Less capable squatters spent heavily and unwisely on freeholds which were not essential or worth the money , improvements which were unsuitable or unprofit- able , or stock of inferior quality . They paid too little atten- tion to ...
... Less capable squatters spent heavily and unwisely on freeholds which were not essential or worth the money , improvements which were unsuitable or unprofit- able , or stock of inferior quality . They paid too little atten- tion to ...
Page 113
... less white the further one travelled from the south - east corner which was the real heartland of the white native born . At the outer fringes the population was immensely heterogeneous , far - from - white , and certainly less reliably ...
... less white the further one travelled from the south - east corner which was the real heartland of the white native born . At the outer fringes the population was immensely heterogeneous , far - from - white , and certainly less reliably ...
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... less stylized than it has become . 160 As well , liedertafels , philharmonic societies , glee clubs , musical unions all flourished , some surviving from the 1860s through to the twentieth century . In Adelaide in 1859 Christmas was ...
... less stylized than it has become . 160 As well , liedertafels , philharmonic societies , glee clubs , musical unions all flourished , some surviving from the 1860s through to the twentieth century . In Adelaide in 1859 Christmas was ...
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