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 158
... police and the law courts were just as likely to uncover cases of destitu- tion , desertion , homelessness here as the priest or clergyman . This had long been the case , of course , in thinly populated rural districts where the law was ...
... police and the law courts were just as likely to uncover cases of destitu- tion , desertion , homelessness here as the priest or clergyman . This had long been the case , of course , in thinly populated rural districts where the law was ...
Page 168
... police per head rising towards the end of the century . Everywhere police fulfilled a variety of public service functions such as collecting statistics , supervision of vaccination programmes , truancy prosecutions , and old- age ...
... police per head rising towards the end of the century . Everywhere police fulfilled a variety of public service functions such as collecting statistics , supervision of vaccination programmes , truancy prosecutions , and old- age ...
Page 292
... Police guarding the fron- tiers , mainly in Queensland , but these were somehow never considered part of the security forces . By 1870 the last of the British garrisons had been withdrawn , leaving the colonies to build their defence ...
... Police guarding the fron- tiers , mainly in Queensland , but these were somehow never considered part of the security forces . By 1870 the last of the British garrisons had been withdrawn , leaving the colonies to build their defence ...
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