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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... continued to provide a strong Lutheran focus and to maintain a distinctive German identity . The church con- tinued to attract immigrants from Germany with pastors and missionaries . As in the first generation of settlers , whether they ...
... continued to provide a strong Lutheran focus and to maintain a distinctive German identity . The church con- tinued to attract immigrants from Germany with pastors and missionaries . As in the first generation of settlers , whether they ...
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... continued to maintain the penal settle- ment at Port Arthur in Tasmania until 1871 and thereafter to support it at the annual rate of £ 36 19s 8d for each convict remaining . It contributed a further sum ( about £ 6000 p.a. ) for the ...
... continued to maintain the penal settle- ment at Port Arthur in Tasmania until 1871 and thereafter to support it at the annual rate of £ 36 19s 8d for each convict remaining . It contributed a further sum ( about £ 6000 p.a. ) for the ...
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... continued to offer land as a subsidy for the fares of intending settlers . Land became a major source of revenue , either through sales , through rent for leasehold land , or as security for overseas borrowing . Once the land was no ...
... continued to offer land as a subsidy for the fares of intending settlers . Land became a major source of revenue , either through sales , through rent for leasehold land , or as security for overseas borrowing . Once the land was no ...
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