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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... island trading ships for the relatively short voyage to Bundaberg , Mackay , or one of the many other Queensland ports . None of the hard - won laws which stipulated a mini- mum of decency , health or safety on other immigrant vessels ...
... island trading ships for the relatively short voyage to Bundaberg , Mackay , or one of the many other Queensland ports . None of the hard - won laws which stipulated a mini- mum of decency , health or safety on other immigrant vessels ...
Page 296
... islands lying between the continent of Australia and the mainland of New Guinea ( the Coast Islands Act ) without repercussion . McIlwraith argued that the secur- ity of the Torres Strait was essential to maintain traffic and ...
... islands lying between the continent of Australia and the mainland of New Guinea ( the Coast Islands Act ) without repercussion . McIlwraith argued that the secur- ity of the Torres Strait was essential to maintain traffic and ...
Page 300
... islands of New Guinea as reservoirs of labour for Samoan plantations were well advanced . From September 1883 a German warship was stationed in New Guinea waters to pro- tect German labour traders from Queensland ships . Within the year ...
... islands of New Guinea as reservoirs of labour for Samoan plantations were well advanced . From September 1883 a German warship was stationed in New Guinea waters to pro- tect German labour traders from Queensland ships . Within the year ...
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