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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... River Vaters burg Thursday Is Somerset Cape Gulf of York Carpentaria Flinders Palmer River Great Endeavour River Cairns Tully Cardwell Burdekin River Innisfail Rockingham Bay Townsville Mackay River QUEENSLAND Diamantina River AUSTRALIA ...
... River Vaters burg Thursday Is Somerset Cape Gulf of York Carpentaria Flinders Palmer River Great Endeavour River Cairns Tully Cardwell Burdekin River Innisfail Rockingham Bay Townsville Mackay River QUEENSLAND Diamantina River AUSTRALIA ...
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... River lands to the downs of Victoria River and the Kimberleys.5 From Adelaide John McDouall Stuart tried to push a path through the heart of the stony desert . Intrepid young Western Australians set out in a clockwise direction across ...
... River lands to the downs of Victoria River and the Kimberleys.5 From Adelaide John McDouall Stuart tried to push a path through the heart of the stony desert . Intrepid young Western Australians set out in a clockwise direction across ...
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... River in 1885 to transform wastes from the abattoirs , tanneries , etc. , into blood and bone.82 Formerly much of this matter had simply been washed into the river to rot . Unfortunately similar profitable schemes for deal- ing with ...
... River in 1885 to transform wastes from the abattoirs , tanneries , etc. , into blood and bone.82 Formerly much of this matter had simply been washed into the river to rot . Unfortunately similar profitable schemes for deal- ing with ...
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