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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... overseas investors had hoped for , the railways were a con- stant source of income to townships and districts through which they passed . Whole towns grew up ( and disappeared as quickly ) round construction camps as the railway ad ...
... overseas investors had hoped for , the railways were a con- stant source of income to townships and districts through which they passed . Whole towns grew up ( and disappeared as quickly ) round construction camps as the railway ad ...
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... . 116 Contemporary estimates , which were probably better informed about what went unrecorded than modern calculations based purely on available statistics , show overseas interest and dividend payments of about £ 33.5 mil- MATERIALISM 45.
... . 116 Contemporary estimates , which were probably better informed about what went unrecorded than modern calculations based purely on available statistics , show overseas interest and dividend payments of about £ 33.5 mil- MATERIALISM 45.
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... overseas through their journals which were sometimes surprisingly eclectic . The editor of the Australian Medical Journal , Dr Patrick Maloney , was known about Melbourne as a poet . The Australian Insur- ance and Banking Record carried ...
... overseas through their journals which were sometimes surprisingly eclectic . The editor of the Australian Medical Journal , Dr Patrick Maloney , was known about Melbourne as a poet . The Australian Insur- ance and Banking Record carried ...
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