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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... Britain , and by the knowledge that Australian statisticians were criti- cized in Britain for their optimistic interpretations of their own material . 105 Coghlan especially was in danger of reading too much into the averages . Working ...
... Britain , and by the knowledge that Australian statisticians were criti- cized in Britain for their optimistic interpretations of their own material . 105 Coghlan especially was in danger of reading too much into the averages . Working ...
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... Britain . Thus they ceased to be tractable labour ; nor did the British government accept any financial ... Britain refused to take these men back was very insulting to the non - convict colonies - led to the decision in Britain that ...
... Britain . Thus they ceased to be tractable labour ; nor did the British government accept any financial ... Britain refused to take these men back was very insulting to the non - convict colonies - led to the decision in Britain that ...
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... Britain requested in 1858 . Britain's reluctance to act when and where the colonies thought it imperative was also a source of frustration . In 1879 , at the urging of Premier Thomas McIlwraith , Queens- land annexed those islands lying ...
... Britain requested in 1858 . Britain's reluctance to act when and where the colonies thought it imperative was also a source of frustration . In 1879 , at the urging of Premier Thomas McIlwraith , Queens- land annexed those islands lying ...
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