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 54
... workers received rice and sugar and little else as food handouts . Tasmanians ate the most potatoes . By 1901 Western Australia had emerged as the most prosperous colony judged simply by its eating habits , consuming 443.9 pounds of ...
... workers received rice and sugar and little else as food handouts . Tasmanians ate the most potatoes . By 1901 Western Australia had emerged as the most prosperous colony judged simply by its eating habits , consuming 443.9 pounds of ...
Page 99
... Worker in 1890 , its masthead proclaimed ' socialism in our time ' . Lane , an immigrant from England to Queensland ... workers ' camps and the local tradespeople at Long- reach and Barcaldine , and the eventual confrontation be- tween ...
... Worker in 1890 , its masthead proclaimed ' socialism in our time ' . Lane , an immigrant from England to Queensland ... workers ' camps and the local tradespeople at Long- reach and Barcaldine , and the eventual confrontation be- tween ...
Page 276
... workers . As well , few Victorian employers were strong enough to survive indefinite strikes . So it was in New South Wales that the need to force employers to listen was greatest , and it was there that unionism became most necessary ...
... workers . As well , few Victorian employers were strong enough to survive indefinite strikes . So it was in New South Wales that the need to force employers to listen was greatest , and it was there that unionism became most necessary ...
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