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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... girls were good fun but lacked the equipment , mental , social , or physical , to carry them into admirable ... girls were about 164 cm or 11.5 cm shorter than their brothers - which made them taller than many a male immigrant . There is ...
... girls were good fun but lacked the equipment , mental , social , or physical , to carry them into admirable ... girls were about 164 cm or 11.5 cm shorter than their brothers - which made them taller than many a male immigrant . There is ...
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... girls as well as boys . Though a few private girls ' schools began to prepare their pupils for matri- culation examinations in the 1880s , real educational opportu- nities for girls were limited . Girls received less education than boys ...
... girls as well as boys . Though a few private girls ' schools began to prepare their pupils for matri- culation examinations in the 1880s , real educational opportu- nities for girls were limited . Girls received less education than boys ...
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... girls were noted for their empty - headedness , their frivolity . The quality of recruits to teaching , a majority of whom were girls , became a cause for concern . In Adelaide , The Ad- vanced School for Girls , for many years the only ...
... girls were noted for their empty - headedness , their frivolity . The quality of recruits to teaching , a majority of whom were girls , became a cause for concern . In Adelaide , The Ad- vanced School for Girls , for many years the only ...
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