The Oxford History of Australia, Volume 3Late 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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'59 This had the effect of keeping both clergy and laity continually busy with
religious observance , though there was a danger that if or when the action
ceased , so too did the meaning of religion . Those who could accept the church's
...
'59 This had the effect of keeping both clergy and laity continually busy with
religious observance , though there was a danger that if or when the action
ceased , so too did the meaning of religion . Those who could accept the church's
...
Page 119
The total effect of the unequal proportions of the sexes , exacerbated by their
unequal distribution between country and city , and through the age groups , was
to hold the marriage rate down in a period when it might have been presumed to
be ...
The total effect of the unequal proportions of the sexes , exacerbated by their
unequal distribution between country and city , and through the age groups , was
to hold the marriage rate down in a period when it might have been presumed to
be ...
Page 224
Constant change was necessary , not only in the repertoire , but in the content of
plays which were written and re - written for effect , or topicality , or to suit the
expressed preference of the audience , or to accommodate actors who drank or ...
Constant change was necessary , not only in the repertoire , but in the content of
plays which were written and re - written for effect , or topicality , or to suit the
expressed preference of the audience , or to accommodate actors who drank or ...
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| Title | The Oxford History of Australia, Volume 3 The Oxford History of Australia, Geoffrey Bolton |
| Author | Beverley Kingston |
| Editors | Geoffrey Bolton, Beverley Kingston |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1988 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 4 Dec 2017 |
| ISBN | 0195546113, 9780195546118 |
| Length | 368 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / United States / General |
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