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 129
He was elected to the first parliament of South Australia in 1857 but gave up his
seat because he could not afford the time to walk the 28 miles from his farm in the
Bugle Ranges near Strathalbyn to Adelaide and back for meetings of parliament
...
He was elected to the first parliament of South Australia in 1857 but gave up his
seat because he could not afford the time to walk the 28 miles from his farm in the
Bugle Ranges near Strathalbyn to Adelaide and back for meetings of parliament
...
Page 249
The typical member of the New South Wales parliament entered politics in his
prime ( in the 1860s and 1870s this meant his late twenties or early thirties ) but ...
In South Australia , six years was the average length of a parliamentary career .
The typical member of the New South Wales parliament entered politics in his
prime ( in the 1860s and 1870s this meant his late twenties or early thirties ) but ...
In South Australia , six years was the average length of a parliamentary career .
Page 345
... D . J . Murphy and R . B . Joyce ( eds ) , Queensland Political Portraits 1859 –
1952 , UOP , St Lucia , 1978 , pp . 166 – 7 . 4 G . N . Hawker , The Parliament of
New South Wales 1856 – 1965 , Government Printer , Sydney , 1971 , p . 15 .
... D . J . Murphy and R . B . Joyce ( eds ) , Queensland Political Portraits 1859 –
1952 , UOP , St Lucia , 1978 , pp . 166 – 7 . 4 G . N . Hawker , The Parliament of
New South Wales 1856 – 1965 , Government Printer , Sydney , 1971 , p . 15 .
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| Title | The Oxford History of Australia, Volume 3 The Oxford History of Australia, Geoffrey Bolton |
| Author | Beverley Kingston |
| Editors | Geoffrey Bolton, Beverley Kingston |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1986 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 17 Apr 2008 |
| ISBN | 0195546113, 9780195546118 |
| Length | 368 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / United States / General |
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