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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... activity , though growth in metals and engineering was more dramatic . Processing of food , drink , and tobacco grew in proportion to the popula- tion and was more susceptible to variations in the supply of raw materials than to the ...
... activity , though growth in metals and engineering was more dramatic . Processing of food , drink , and tobacco grew in proportion to the popula- tion and was more susceptible to variations in the supply of raw materials than to the ...
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... activity was fitful , a little reminiscent of eighteenth- century industrialization in the valleys of Shropshire and Derbyshire . Maitland and Morpeth were the really thriving centres , profiting from the conjunction of easily available ...
... activity was fitful , a little reminiscent of eighteenth- century industrialization in the valleys of Shropshire and Derbyshire . Maitland and Morpeth were the really thriving centres , profiting from the conjunction of easily available ...
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... activity gave high priority to continuing British involve- ment , especially the British navy . With the encouragement of the Federal Council , uniform Bills to enable greater federal activity were introduced into each colonial ...
... activity gave high priority to continuing British involve- ment , especially the British navy . With the encouragement of the Federal Council , uniform Bills to enable greater federal activity were introduced into each colonial ...
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