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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... natural increase and regeneration of pasture to work . By the 1880s the effects of such bad or ruthless manage- ment were beginning to show in marginal pastoral districts . Natural increase without careful surveillance led to over ...
... natural increase and regeneration of pasture to work . By the 1880s the effects of such bad or ruthless manage- ment were beginning to show in marginal pastoral districts . Natural increase without careful surveillance led to over ...
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... natural selection and survival of the fittest . It was believed that the ' unfit ' , whether physically or morally , would have difficulty in reproducing . They would not find mates or enter stable marriages . Thus their types would ...
... natural selection and survival of the fittest . It was believed that the ' unfit ' , whether physically or morally , would have difficulty in reproducing . They would not find mates or enter stable marriages . Thus their types would ...
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... natural ' interrelationships . The biological family itself gained from the organic analogy : each member had ' natural ' rights and duties according to his or her posi- tion within the whole . The family with its male ' head ' be- came ...
... natural ' interrelationships . The biological family itself gained from the organic analogy : each member had ' natural ' rights and duties according to his or her posi- tion within the whole . The family with its male ' head ' be- came ...
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