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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... Increasing quantities of coal were required for railways and other steam - driven machinery , to produce the coal gas used for lighting , cooking , and heating , and then the electricity which supplanted gas . Coal was used too for sim ...
... Increasing quantities of coal were required for railways and other steam - driven machinery , to produce the coal gas used for lighting , cooking , and heating , and then the electricity which supplanted gas . Coal was used too for sim ...
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... increasing ratio of wealth accumulation and an increasing dis- tribution are consistent with a dearth of employment ... increased opportunities of saving to a large propor- tion of the community , leaves a not inconsiderable section ...
... increasing ratio of wealth accumulation and an increasing dis- tribution are consistent with a dearth of employment ... increased opportunities of saving to a large propor- tion of the community , leaves a not inconsiderable section ...
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... increasing num- bers of these householders to build or buy their own homes . In practice the aspirations of the land reformers of the 1860s for free selection were really worked out in the suburban sub- divisions of the 1870s and 1880s ...
... increasing num- bers of these householders to build or buy their own homes . In practice the aspirations of the land reformers of the 1860s for free selection were really worked out in the suburban sub- divisions of the 1870s and 1880s ...
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