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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... South Australia , and South Australian wheat led wheat export tables . It was shipped directly through railheads at Port Germein , Port Pirie , Port Broughton , Edithburgh ( surveyed 1869 ) , Wallaroo , all neat gulf - side towns ...
... South Australia , and South Australian wheat led wheat export tables . It was shipped directly through railheads at Port Germein , Port Pirie , Port Broughton , Edithburgh ( surveyed 1869 ) , Wallaroo , all neat gulf - side towns ...
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... South Wales , followed by Queens- land , Western Australia , then Victoria . The numbers profes- sing adherence to other denominations were relatively small , although there were some differences worth noting - for example , both South ...
... South Wales , followed by Queens- land , Western Australia , then Victoria . The numbers profes- sing adherence to other denominations were relatively small , although there were some differences worth noting - for example , both South ...
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... Australia : An Anthology , UQP , St Lucia , 1986 . 17 Baldwin Spencer and F. J. Gillen , Across Australia ... South Australia ' , Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia , 10 ( 1982 ) , p . 30 ; also his This Side ...
... Australia : An Anthology , UQP , St Lucia , 1986 . 17 Baldwin Spencer and F. J. Gillen , Across Australia ... South Australia ' , Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia , 10 ( 1982 ) , p . 30 ; also his This Side ...
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