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 101
... protest was growing at a powerful pace — the First International , the French Commune of 1871 , the 1886 trials of the Chicago anarchists , the London dock strike of 1889. In comparison , the indigenous tradition of mateship ...
... protest was growing at a powerful pace — the First International , the French Commune of 1871 , the 1886 trials of the Chicago anarchists , the London dock strike of 1889. In comparison , the indigenous tradition of mateship ...
Page 137
... protest against the 1888 exclusion legislation was lodged in London . Iniquitous as it was , the treatment meted out to the Chinese was civilized . compared with that received by those not fortunate enough to have representations made ...
... protest against the 1888 exclusion legislation was lodged in London . Iniquitous as it was , the treatment meted out to the Chinese was civilized . compared with that received by those not fortunate enough to have representations made ...
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