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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... took the form of agriculture was to blame for the most thoroughgoing destruction of the natural environment , though when neat farms appeared on the cleared land , no one seemed to mind . Agriculture contri- buted little to export ...
... took the form of agriculture was to blame for the most thoroughgoing destruction of the natural environment , though when neat farms appeared on the cleared land , no one seemed to mind . Agriculture contri- buted little to export ...
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... took with scythes . 67 The next year they acquired a ' stump jumping ' plough though William thought it would be better called a ' stonejumper because it is very little better than any plough among roots , but a great deal better among ...
... took with scythes . 67 The next year they acquired a ' stump jumping ' plough though William thought it would be better called a ' stonejumper because it is very little better than any plough among roots , but a great deal better among ...
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... took their chance in the open labour market or fought a surreptitious war for their lands and livelihoods against advancing settlers and native police . In settled dis- tricts they became objects of private charity , but concepts of ...
... took their chance in the open labour market or fought a surreptitious war for their lands and livelihoods against advancing settlers and native police . In settled dis- tricts they became objects of private charity , but concepts of ...
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