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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The church probably accounts for conforming or successful Scots.” Despite a
tradition of emigration by the ambitious or upwardly mobile lower professional
and educated classes, and despite another tradition of economic inventiveness
and ...
The church probably accounts for conforming or successful Scots.” Despite a
tradition of emigration by the ambitious or upwardly mobile lower professional
and educated classes, and despite another tradition of economic inventiveness
and ...
Page 129
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
not ...
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
not ...
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They were so successful when introduced in Queensland in 1886 that by 1892 it
was decided they could be cut by half, partly as an economy measure." However,
it was Victoria which began the experiment of payment for members in 1870.
They were so successful when introduced in Queensland in 1886 that by 1892 it
was decided they could be cut by half, partly as an economy measure." However,
it was Victoria which began the experiment of payment for members in 1870.
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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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