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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26 In any case , the market for cotton began to decline . Several generations of
British wives and children had worn cotton in the interests of cheapness and
cleanliness . Improvements in the standard of living encouraged a move to higher
...
26 In any case , the market for cotton began to decline . Several generations of
British wives and children had worn cotton in the interests of cheapness and
cleanliness . Improvements in the standard of living encouraged a move to higher
...
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Just as wool suffered eventually from too little attention to stock quality and
management , so wheat yields began to decline relative to area under cultivation
in the 1880s . English seed varieties did not acclimatize satisfactorily . An inquiry
into ...
Just as wool suffered eventually from too little attention to stock quality and
management , so wheat yields began to decline relative to area under cultivation
in the 1880s . English seed varieties did not acclimatize satisfactorily . An inquiry
into ...
Page 195
... fighting with bare fists — was also tamed and transformed into a less
respectable but more efficacious route to fame and material success . During the
1870s boxing gloves and Queensberry Rules began to oust the older , more
primitive ...
... fighting with bare fists — was also tamed and transformed into a less
respectable but more efficacious route to fame and material success . During the
1870s boxing gloves and Queensberry Rules began to oust the older , more
primitive ...
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| Title | The Oxford History of Australia, Volume 3 The Oxford History of Australia, Geoffrey Bolton |
| Author | Beverley Kingston |
| Editors | Geoffrey Bolton, Beverley Kingston |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1986 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 17 Apr 2008 |
| ISBN | 0195546113, 9780195546118 |
| Length | 368 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / United States / General |
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