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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... colonies as against Britain . It also seemed irrational at times , as when it worked against the import of special machinery or particular components like calfskin needed by otherwise thriving and self - sufficient shoe manu- facturers ...
... colonies as against Britain . It also seemed irrational at times , as when it worked against the import of special machinery or particular components like calfskin needed by otherwise thriving and self - sufficient shoe manu- facturers ...
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... colonies and the fear of discrimination in the labour market could not be avoided . Similar anxieties about cheap ... colonies — a situa- tion which the Tasmanians might envy . 105 Mounting complaints from the other colonies - the fact ...
... colonies and the fear of discrimination in the labour market could not be avoided . Similar anxieties about cheap ... colonies — a situa- tion which the Tasmanians might envy . 105 Mounting complaints from the other colonies - the fact ...
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... colonies began to discover that there was no simple complementarity be- tween British or imperial strategic concerns and their own growing external preoccupations . Though they flung them- selves enthusiastically into the service of ...
... colonies began to discover that there was no simple complementarity be- tween British or imperial strategic concerns and their own growing external preoccupations . Though they flung them- selves enthusiastically into the service of ...
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