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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... seen to be different . Between the gold - rushes when they began arriving in large numbers , and the end of the century , the Chinese were a source of inscrutability and civic anxiety , especially in the cities of the east . They were ...
... seen to be different . Between the gold - rushes when they began arriving in large numbers , and the end of the century , the Chinese were a source of inscrutability and civic anxiety , especially in the cities of the east . They were ...
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... seen it more than once . 148 Struck Oil was outstanding and is perhaps not a good example . But another play , the Garnet Walch - Alfred Dam- pier melodrama , The Scout , was seen by a total of 31 075 peo- ple at the Alexandra Theatre ...
... seen it more than once . 148 Struck Oil was outstanding and is perhaps not a good example . But another play , the Garnet Walch - Alfred Dam- pier melodrama , The Scout , was seen by a total of 31 075 peo- ple at the Alexandra Theatre ...
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... seen that balloon go crash against the rock , and I have seen the result . I shall see some things the same in this case . 146 When the contingent returned without having seen any ac- tion other than labouring on the Suakim to Berber ...
... seen that balloon go crash against the rock , and I have seen the result . I shall see some things the same in this case . 146 When the contingent returned without having seen any ac- tion other than labouring on the Suakim to Berber ...
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