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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Aboriginal society where it could be observed most clearly was demoralized or
corrupted by its unequal contact with European society . The pathos this
produced was the chief justification for pity and inaction . Where it resisted
subversion ...
Aboriginal society where it could be observed most clearly was demoralized or
corrupted by its unequal contact with European society . The pathos this
produced was the chief justification for pity and inaction . Where it resisted
subversion ...
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The sexual division of Aboriginal society was observed as effectively as in
contemporary British or white Australian society , though it might seem that roles
were reversed . Aboriginal women were mainly responsible for the material
survival of ...
The sexual division of Aboriginal society was observed as effectively as in
contemporary British or white Australian society , though it might seem that roles
were reversed . Aboriginal women were mainly responsible for the material
survival of ...
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to the mari largely dels quality wives were those who stayed quietly at home ,
having nothing to do with either society or politics . Women ' s traditional exercise
of power had been in ' hatching , matching , and dispatching ' . In the Australian ...
to the mari largely dels quality wives were those who stayed quietly at home ,
having nothing to do with either society or politics . Women ' s traditional exercise
of power had been in ' hatching , matching , and dispatching ' . In the Australian ...
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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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