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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... continued to be used extravagantly , especially on the fringes of settlement and where railways were being built . 46 Legislation which defined ringbarking as occupation of the land for free selection purposes came into operation in ...
... continued to be used extravagantly , especially on the fringes of settlement and where railways were being built . 46 Legislation which defined ringbarking as occupation of the land for free selection purposes came into operation in ...
Page 69
... continued to add to their numbers and to sustain their record for attendance where other denominations lost ground or stood still . This may have been because of the absence of theological controversy or because church self - government ...
... continued to add to their numbers and to sustain their record for attendance where other denominations lost ground or stood still . This may have been because of the absence of theological controversy or because church self - government ...
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... continued to provide a strong Lutheran focus and to maintain a distinctive German identity . The church con- tinued to attract immigrants from Germany with pastors and missionaries . As in the first generation of settlers , whether they ...
... continued to provide a strong Lutheran focus and to maintain a distinctive German identity . The church con- tinued to attract immigrants from Germany with pastors and missionaries . As in the first generation of settlers , whether they ...
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