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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... became more permanent . In the cities , however , there were fewer rooms than people needing them . By 1891 this ... became involved in house and land mortgage business , grew greatly in number and popularity . Their willingness to take ...
... became more permanent . In the cities , however , there were fewer rooms than people needing them . By 1891 this ... became involved in house and land mortgage business , grew greatly in number and popularity . Their willingness to take ...
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... became metropolitan or urbanized during the later decades of the nineteenth century . Even so , neither Adelaide ... became substantial furniture factories ; dealing and agency businesses became established and respected merchant houses ...
... became metropolitan or urbanized during the later decades of the nineteenth century . Even so , neither Adelaide ... became substantial furniture factories ; dealing and agency businesses became established and respected merchant houses ...
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... became difficult to tell where history ended and fiction began . Perhaps because they badly needed a sense of belonging , reassurance of survival and progress , readers preferred to think that the stories were true or real . To ...
... became difficult to tell where history ended and fiction began . Perhaps because they badly needed a sense of belonging , reassurance of survival and progress , readers preferred to think that the stories were true or real . To ...
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