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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The church probably accounts for conforming or successful Scots . 35 Despite a tradition of emigration by the ambitious or upwardly mobile lower professional and educated classes , and despite another tradition of economic inventiveness ...
The church probably accounts for conforming or successful Scots . 35 Despite a tradition of emigration by the ambitious or upwardly mobile lower professional and educated classes , and despite another tradition of economic inventiveness ...
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The Germans were accepted as modest , admirable and successful settlers . Friedrich E. H. W. Krichauff personified this acceptance . He was elected to the first parliament of South Australia in 1857 but gave up his seat because he could ...
The Germans were accepted as modest , admirable and successful settlers . Friedrich E. H. W. Krichauff personified this acceptance . He was elected to the first parliament of South Australia in 1857 but gave up his seat because he could ...
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In practice , however , the barriers against candidature were its cost - estimated in 1887 at an average of £ 300 for a successful campaign in New South Wales — and , until payment for members was introduced , the loss of time and ...
In practice , however , the barriers against candidature were its cost - estimated in 1887 at an average of £ 300 for a successful campaign in New South Wales — and , until payment for members was introduced , the loss of time and ...
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| Title | The Oxford History of Australia, Volume 3 The Oxford History of Australia, Geoffrey Bolton |
| Author | Beverley Kingston |
| Editor | Geoffrey Bolton |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1986 |
| ISBN | 0195546113, 9780195546118 |
| Length | 368 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / United States / General |
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