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 11
... squatters did well by consolidating their holdings , culling their poorer stock for sale further out , improving their facilities - these were the years when some of the grander homesteads were built — and adding to their financial ...
... squatters did well by consolidating their holdings , culling their poorer stock for sale further out , improving their facilities - these were the years when some of the grander homesteads were built — and adding to their financial ...
Page 248
... Squatters , pastoralists , graziers , 26 sugar planters , cane - growers , 27 flour millers , stock and station agents , miners , mine owners and investors , produce merchants and timber millers all made their appearance in Brisbane's ...
... Squatters , pastoralists , graziers , 26 sugar planters , cane - growers , 27 flour millers , stock and station agents , miners , mine owners and investors , produce merchants and timber millers all made their appearance in Brisbane's ...
Page 263
... squatters selected land of strategic value on their existing runs in the names of family or friends , or ' peacocking ' in which selectors ' picked the eyes ' out of a run , for example , the waterholes and river flats , making the rest ...
... squatters selected land of strategic value on their existing runs in the names of family or friends , or ' peacocking ' in which selectors ' picked the eyes ' out of a run , for example , the waterholes and river flats , making the rest ...
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