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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... Experience was crucial . None of the literature made much sense without it . As menstruation was also regarded as an unmentionable female illness , the whole business of reproduction seemed distasteful anyway . Unmarried women did not ...
... Experience was crucial . None of the literature made much sense without it . As menstruation was also regarded as an unmentionable female illness , the whole business of reproduction seemed distasteful anyway . Unmarried women did not ...
Page 143
... experience was seen as a source of ' old wives tales ' in contrast to the scientific child - rearing promoted towards the end of the century . In smaller , more modern families , however , this cycle of experience and knowledge was ...
... experience was seen as a source of ' old wives tales ' in contrast to the scientific child - rearing promoted towards the end of the century . In smaller , more modern families , however , this cycle of experience and knowledge was ...
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... experience on the raw edge of civilization in Queensland to journalism in Sydney . They were not the first to revitalize the metropolis with the experience of the provinces , but the impact of Queensland's rough and often violent ...
... experience on the raw edge of civilization in Queensland to journalism in Sydney . They were not the first to revitalize the metropolis with the experience of the provinces , but the impact of Queensland's rough and often violent ...
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