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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... banking house of Agra and Mastermans , through which a loan had been raised , failed . Later the greater certainties of the Bank of England and the London and Westminster Bank were preferred . Before 1870 and during the early 1870s ...
... banking house of Agra and Mastermans , through which a loan had been raised , failed . Later the greater certainties of the Bank of England and the London and Westminster Bank were preferred . Before 1870 and during the early 1870s ...
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... banks had been forced to suspend pay- ment at some stage . In the six weeks between Easter and the end of the financial year in 1893 twelve banks closed their doors . The crisis was aggravated by other crises on the Lon- don money ...
... banks had been forced to suspend pay- ment at some stage . In the six weeks between Easter and the end of the financial year in 1893 twelve banks closed their doors . The crisis was aggravated by other crises on the Lon- don money ...
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... banking , trade , and government , expanded to match the growth in economic activity . There was a notable expansion of white- collar jobs offering security and promotion prospects , though only at the cost of utter devotion . Clerks ...
... banking , trade , and government , expanded to match the growth in economic activity . There was a notable expansion of white- collar jobs offering security and promotion prospects , though only at the cost of utter devotion . Clerks ...
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