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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... for self - improvement or community involvement . As Renate Howe's analysis of the social com- position of Victorian Methodism shows , there were plenty of examples of successful self - improvement and effective parti- cipation BELIEF 69.
... for self - improvement or community involvement . As Renate Howe's analysis of the social com- position of Victorian Methodism shows , there were plenty of examples of successful self - improvement and effective parti- cipation BELIEF 69.
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... successful Scots . 35 Despite a tradition of emigration by the ambitious or upwardly mobile lower professional and educated classes , and despite another tradition of economic inventiveness and ingenious self - help , a proportion of ...
... successful Scots . 35 Despite a tradition of emigration by the ambitious or upwardly mobile lower professional and educated classes , and despite another tradition of economic inventiveness and ingenious self - help , a proportion of ...
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... successful set- tlers . Friedrich E. H. W. Krichauff personified this acceptance . He was elected to the first parliament of South Australia in 1857 but gave up his seat because he could not afford the time to walk the 28 miles from his ...
... successful set- tlers . Friedrich E. H. W. Krichauff personified this acceptance . He was elected to the first parliament of South Australia in 1857 but gave up his seat because he could not afford the time to walk the 28 miles from his ...
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