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 115
... Marriage was thus not only a woman's right : it became her duty . Women who failed to marry were perverse . Marriage was indeed easy in the country , especially in Queensland and Western Australia , but in the larger cities and towns ...
... Marriage was thus not only a woman's right : it became her duty . Women who failed to marry were perverse . Marriage was indeed easy in the country , especially in Queensland and Western Australia , but in the larger cities and towns ...
Page 119
... marriage rate down in a period when it might have been presumed to be much higher . Even so , marriage rates for women before 1890 were much higher in Australia than in Britain during the same period . For men , however , they were much ...
... marriage rate down in a period when it might have been presumed to be much higher . Even so , marriage rates for women before 1890 were much higher in Australia than in Britain during the same period . For men , however , they were much ...
Page 120
... marriage rate for both men and women and the smallest average differ- ence between the ages of husbands and wives ... marriage , but then married considerably younger women . 17 ) Still the no- tion persisted that marriage was a woman's ...
... marriage rate for both men and women and the smallest average differ- ence between the ages of husbands and wives ... marriage , but then married considerably younger women . 17 ) Still the no- tion persisted that marriage was a woman's ...
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