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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... grant races ' as the 1901 census carefully put it ) had been born in Australia . People with British birthplaces accounted for 18.03 per cent , Asia 1.25 per cent , 0.79 per cent of those from China , and Germany 1.02 per cent ...
... grant races ' as the 1901 census carefully put it ) had been born in Australia . People with British birthplaces accounted for 18.03 per cent , Asia 1.25 per cent , 0.79 per cent of those from China , and Germany 1.02 per cent ...
Page 262
... grants could compare with them . Unlike other pastoral tenants and lessees who could be subjected to selection or resumption , South Australian pas- toralists had paid the full price for their land . This made it difficult to accuse ...
... grants could compare with them . Unlike other pastoral tenants and lessees who could be subjected to selection or resumption , South Australian pas- toralists had paid the full price for their land . This made it difficult to accuse ...
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... GRANT OF 160 Acres TO EVERY PERSON WHO CHOOSES TO AVAIL HIMSELF OF IT , BALSO WILL ADVANCE , SUBJECT TO CERTAIN EASY CONDITIONS , AT PER CENT , INTEREST PER ANNUM , £ 800 for IMPROVEMENTS ΟΝ THE LAND . If the area which is given free is ...
... GRANT OF 160 Acres TO EVERY PERSON WHO CHOOSES TO AVAIL HIMSELF OF IT , BALSO WILL ADVANCE , SUBJECT TO CERTAIN EASY CONDITIONS , AT PER CENT , INTEREST PER ANNUM , £ 800 for IMPROVEMENTS ΟΝ THE LAND . If the area which is given free is ...
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