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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... human beings . The Australian bush , the natural en- vironment , was being tamed , not only by sheep and settle- ment , but by the workings of the English language and the romantic imagination . Flora and fauna were tamed as apple ...
... human beings . The Australian bush , the natural en- vironment , was being tamed , not only by sheep and settle- ment , but by the workings of the English language and the romantic imagination . Flora and fauna were tamed as apple ...
Page 92
... human relics in an early stage of development . . . there is nothing so instructive than to watch a number of women young or old contemplating the human foetus . You cannot hear what they say , but you can always guess ; and how they ...
... human relics in an early stage of development . . . there is nothing so instructive than to watch a number of women young or old contemplating the human foetus . You cannot hear what they say , but you can always guess ; and how they ...
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... human personality and to promote the free creative activi- ties of individuals'.90 Once privilege was eradicated , the free spirit of humanity should assert itself , and government would become rational , orderly , and minimal . Though ...
... human personality and to promote the free creative activi- ties of individuals'.90 Once privilege was eradicated , the free spirit of humanity should assert itself , and government would become rational , orderly , and minimal . Though ...
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