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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... pastoral occupation over north - eastern Australia . It resembles the rise of the tide or some other operation of nature , rather than a work of man . Although it is difficult to ascertain exactly what progress may have been made at the ...
... pastoral occupation over north - eastern Australia . It resembles the rise of the tide or some other operation of nature , rather than a work of man . Although it is difficult to ascertain exactly what progress may have been made at the ...
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... pastoral districts . Natural increase without careful surveillance led to over- stocking , disease , degeneration and the destruction of the natural grasses . Regeneration was hampered not only by poor seasons but by the spread of new ...
... pastoral districts . Natural increase without careful surveillance led to over- stocking , disease , degeneration and the destruction of the natural grasses . Regeneration was hampered not only by poor seasons but by the spread of new ...
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... Pastoral Industry 1863– 1910 , MUP , Melbourne , 1967 . 11 Ann Moyal , Clear Across Australia : A History of Telecommunications , Nelson , Melbourne , 1984 . K. T. H. Farrer , A Settlement Amply Supplied : Food Technology in Nineteenth ...
... Pastoral Industry 1863– 1910 , MUP , Melbourne , 1967 . 11 Ann Moyal , Clear Across Australia : A History of Telecommunications , Nelson , Melbourne , 1984 . K. T. H. Farrer , A Settlement Amply Supplied : Food Technology in Nineteenth ...
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