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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Only the Chinese and Aborigines were seen to be different. Between the gold-
rushes when they began arriving in large numbers, and the end of the century,
the Chinese were a source of inscrutability and civic anxiety, especially in the
cities ...
Only the Chinese and Aborigines were seen to be different. Between the gold-
rushes when they began arriving in large numbers, and the end of the century,
the Chinese were a source of inscrutability and civic anxiety, especially in the
cities ...
Page 157
Changing attitudes to needs, rights, and the responsibility for care can be seen
most easily in the funding and use of hospitals during this period. In 1860 most
hospitals were funded and administered by boards of governors on behalf of ...
Changing attitudes to needs, rights, and the responsibility for care can be seen
most easily in the funding and use of hospitals during this period. In 1860 most
hospitals were funded and administered by boards of governors on behalf of ...
Page 301
I have seen a little boy blow up a paper balloon until it was very big, and fled high
, and I have seen that balloon go crash against the rock, and I have seen the
result. I shall see some things the same in this case.146 When the contingent ...
I have seen a little boy blow up a paper balloon until it was very big, and fled high
, and I have seen that balloon go crash against the rock, and I have seen the
result. I shall see some things the same in this case.146 When the contingent ...
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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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