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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... supply of fresh food , not only meat , but dairy produce and some fruit and vegetables . It meant ice - works in hot , dry , inland towns , and cool drinks , either beer , aerated waters or cordials in summer . Other technological ...
... supply of fresh food , not only meat , but dairy produce and some fruit and vegetables . It meant ice - works in hot , dry , inland towns , and cool drinks , either beer , aerated waters or cordials in summer . Other technological ...
Page 98
... supply , posts and telegraphs , its wages boards , its charity commission , led the way . By the end of the century all colonies were committed to publicly owned and managed enterprises , and some state intervention in labour relations ...
... supply , posts and telegraphs , its wages boards , its charity commission , led the way . By the end of the century all colonies were committed to publicly owned and managed enterprises , and some state intervention in labour relations ...
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... supplies followed easily on the ex- perience of managing the Crown lands . But as Henry George had pointed out , the supply of land was finite . That realiza- tion was rapidly approaching by 1900. Opening up new farms ( as for returned ...
... supplies followed easily on the ex- perience of managing the Crown lands . But as Henry George had pointed out , the supply of land was finite . That realiza- tion was rapidly approaching by 1900. Opening up new farms ( as for returned ...
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