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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... arrived with the last wave of younger sons trying their hands at squatting in the colonies - the Hodgsons on the Darling Downs , 16 the Scotts in the far north at the Valley of Lagoons . 17 More came in the planned expansion of land ...
... arrived with the last wave of younger sons trying their hands at squatting in the colonies - the Hodgsons on the Darling Downs , 16 the Scotts in the far north at the Valley of Lagoons . 17 More came in the planned expansion of land ...
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... arrived from Frankfurt am Main in 1854 and become a successful merchant in Brisbane , as immigration agent to Hamburg . He was to recruit German settlers and offer them free passages and land orders in Queensland . It was believed that ...
... arrived from Frankfurt am Main in 1854 and become a successful merchant in Brisbane , as immigration agent to Hamburg . He was to recruit German settlers and offer them free passages and land orders in Queensland . It was believed that ...
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... arrived in Australia . ) Each month , to coincide with scheduled shipping services to Bri- tain , city papers brought out a résume of local news speci- fically for posting ' home ' . This service was so much used that post offices sold ...
... arrived in Australia . ) Each month , to coincide with scheduled shipping services to Bri- tain , city papers brought out a résume of local news speci- fically for posting ' home ' . This service was so much used that post offices sold ...
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