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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occurring in Britain and the USA at the time, though it is possible that in Australia
some emphases were different. Good health, youthfulness, affluence and leisure
all sharpened interest in sex. Tension between the desire for respectability and ...
occurring in Britain and the USA at the time, though it is possible that in Australia
some emphases were different. Good health, youthfulness, affluence and leisure
all sharpened interest in sex. Tension between the desire for respectability and ...
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It is quite possible that he voted in all six.” In New South Wales G. N. Hawker
estimated" that plural voting as a result of property ownership accounted for 15
per cent of the total vote. In Tasmania in 1897, 500 electors were known to have
two ...
It is quite possible that he voted in all six.” In New South Wales G. N. Hawker
estimated" that plural voting as a result of property ownership accounted for 15
per cent of the total vote. In Tasmania in 1897, 500 electors were known to have
two ...
Page 282
The fact that it was possible to condemn legislation as emanating from one class
or designed to benefit only one class suggests that listeners were also
accustomed to thinking of themselves as belonging to one class or not belonging
to others ...
The fact that it was possible to condemn legislation as emanating from one class
or designed to benefit only one class suggests that listeners were also
accustomed to thinking of themselves as belonging to one class or not belonging
to others ...
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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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