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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Page 96
... as prior arrivals had begun to understand and manage conservatively.93 In the
absence of an authoritative conservative tradition in the management of nature ,
most instincts for traditional practice focused on the management of labour .
... as prior arrivals had begun to understand and manage conservatively.93 In the
absence of an authoritative conservative tradition in the management of nature ,
most instincts for traditional practice focused on the management of labour .
Page 118
This may have been a source of tension , for example , in household matters or
child - raising practice . It almost certainly contributed to low esteem or lack of
confidence in many Australian women , and to the off - hand way in which they
were ...
This may have been a source of tension , for example , in household matters or
child - raising practice . It almost certainly contributed to low esteem or lack of
confidence in many Australian women , and to the off - hand way in which they
were ...
Page 205
Despite the changes in educational theory and practice of the last two decades of
the nineteeth century , the experience of education probably changed little for the
children . The sound of multiplication tables chanted both forwards and ...
Despite the changes in educational theory and practice of the last two decades of
the nineteeth century , the experience of education probably changed little for the
children . The sound of multiplication tables chanted both forwards and ...
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| Title | The Oxford History of Australia, Volume 3 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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