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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... Adelaide . The hardest part of the bargain proved to be surveying land to meet the sales . Real knowledge came later . It was still assumed in Adelaide in the late 1860s that sheep would make the first tracks across the Northern ...
... Adelaide . The hardest part of the bargain proved to be surveying land to meet the sales . Real knowledge came later . It was still assumed in Adelaide in the late 1860s that sheep would make the first tracks across the Northern ...
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... Adelaide , in ^ the Riverina where South Australian Germans had moved in search of new farm land , and in southern ... Adelaide , the other in Tanunda . Friedrich Basedow , owner of the Tanunda Deutsche Zeitung , acquired his Adelaide ...
... Adelaide , in ^ the Riverina where South Australian Germans had moved in search of new farm land , and in southern ... Adelaide , the other in Tanunda . Friedrich Basedow , owner of the Tanunda Deutsche Zeitung , acquired his Adelaide ...
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... Adelaide in 1859 Christmas was marked by a performance of The Messiah by the Adelaide Leidertafel with an associated ladies choir , both under the direction of Carl Linger . A German immigrant , Linger was a special source of musical ...
... Adelaide in 1859 Christmas was marked by a performance of The Messiah by the Adelaide Leidertafel with an associated ladies choir , both under the direction of Carl Linger . A German immigrant , Linger was a special source of musical ...
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