The Oxford History of Australia, Volume 3Geoffrey Bolton Late 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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... Australian colonies as against Britain . It also seemed irrational at times , as when it worked against the import of special machinery or particular components like calfskin needed by otherwise thriving and self - sufficient shoe manu ...
... Australian colonies as against Britain . It also seemed irrational at times , as when it worked against the import of special machinery or particular components like calfskin needed by otherwise thriving and self - sufficient shoe manu ...
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... Australian Republic , I had to write then or burst ' . 128 Most of these feel- ings whether for or against Queen and Empire , were con- tained by national feeling focused first on individual colonies , but by the end of the 1880s ...
... Australian Republic , I had to write then or burst ' . 128 Most of these feel- ings whether for or against Queen and Empire , were con- tained by national feeling focused first on individual colonies , but by the end of the 1880s ...
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... Australian ports , such assurances from Britain could not be taken seriously . McIlwraith had no choice but to accept Britain's alternate suggestion that the Australian colonies should raise the £ 15000 needed to pay for the grad- ual ...
... Australian ports , such assurances from Britain could not be taken seriously . McIlwraith had no choice but to accept Britain's alternate suggestion that the Australian colonies should raise the £ 15000 needed to pay for the grad- ual ...
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