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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... late 1880s , and , during the suc- ceeding decade affecting the whole of the continent , pressed unbearably on overstocked runs , ruined natural herbage and makeshift watering facilities . The obvious cost was seen in abandoned ...
... late 1880s , and , during the suc- ceeding decade affecting the whole of the continent , pressed unbearably on overstocked runs , ruined natural herbage and makeshift watering facilities . The obvious cost was seen in abandoned ...
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... late nineteenth century — for example at Beagle Bay in the north - west37- the beach - head in New Guinea was secured by missionaries and ethnographers whose passions enabled them to over- come difficulties too great for the optimism of ...
... late nineteenth century — for example at Beagle Bay in the north - west37- the beach - head in New Guinea was secured by missionaries and ethnographers whose passions enabled them to over- come difficulties too great for the optimism of ...
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... late in the century as dubiously deserving of charity . The deserted wife could blame no one but herself . The unmarried mother and the chronic drunk lacked self - discipline or a sense of purpose . Even lunacy was touched with ...
... late in the century as dubiously deserving of charity . The deserted wife could blame no one but herself . The unmarried mother and the chronic drunk lacked self - discipline or a sense of purpose . Even lunacy was touched with ...
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