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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Page 97
... favour of unions because they brought order into industry and advo- cated organization among employers as well , though he was opposed to coercive industrial legislation , since , as he argued , there was no means of enforcing such ...
... favour of unions because they brought order into industry and advo- cated organization among employers as well , though he was opposed to coercive industrial legislation , since , as he argued , there was no means of enforcing such ...
Page 178
... favour to the more disciplined and well - bred species of the Old World . Indoors , necessity was being smothered by comfort . In the bush , household essentials might still be improvised from kerosene cases , cut - down kerosene tins ...
... favour to the more disciplined and well - bred species of the Old World . Indoors , necessity was being smothered by comfort . In the bush , household essentials might still be improvised from kerosene cases , cut - down kerosene tins ...
Page 273
... favoured the strong . The essence of free trade , of the doctrine of laissez - faire , was not competition , but ... favour protection . So did most of their employees . The labour movement officially adopted protection as one of its ...
... favoured the strong . The essence of free trade , of the doctrine of laissez - faire , was not competition , but ... favour protection . So did most of their employees . The labour movement officially adopted protection as one of its ...
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