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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... ships for the relatively short voyage to Bundaberg , Mackay , or one of the many other Queensland ports . None of the hard - won laws which stipulated a mini- mum of decency , health or safety on other immigrant vessels was seriously ...
... ships for the relatively short voyage to Bundaberg , Mackay , or one of the many other Queensland ports . None of the hard - won laws which stipulated a mini- mum of decency , health or safety on other immigrant vessels was seriously ...
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... ships using the Suez Canal called at Galle , not only for coal , but to pick up the latest news from Europe for transmission to Australia . Even after completion of the East India undersea cable and the Australian overland telegraph ...
... ships using the Suez Canal called at Galle , not only for coal , but to pick up the latest news from Europe for transmission to Australia . Even after completion of the East India undersea cable and the Australian overland telegraph ...
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... ships . Within the year , Germany had declared possession of both New Bri- tain and New Ireland as well as the northern coast of New Guinea itself , thus forcing Britain to a comparable gesture on the southern coast or forgo the whole ...
... ships . Within the year , Germany had declared possession of both New Bri- tain and New Ireland as well as the northern coast of New Guinea itself , thus forcing Britain to a comparable gesture on the southern coast or forgo the whole ...
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