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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... legislation restricting the rights of Chinese settlers to work or to own property , to vote , to sit as members of parliament or serve on juries , culminated in the White Aus- tralia Policy as formulated in legislation of 1901,58 though ...
... legislation restricting the rights of Chinese settlers to work or to own property , to vote , to sit as members of parliament or serve on juries , culminated in the White Aus- tralia Policy as formulated in legislation of 1901,58 though ...
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... legislation modelled on Brit- ish legislation of 1866. In both cases this legislation was con- ceived as protecting society against prostitutes , whereas the legislation on rape was to protect good women against male violence . 132 The ...
... legislation modelled on Brit- ish legislation of 1866. In both cases this legislation was con- ceived as protecting society against prostitutes , whereas the legislation on rape was to protect good women against male violence . 132 The ...
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... legislative councils . In the upper houses the argument that this legislation was no more than a means of economic development or job creation did not disguise its equalizing potential , its undermining of privilege in the distribution ...
... legislative councils . In the upper houses the argument that this legislation was no more than a means of economic development or job creation did not disguise its equalizing potential , its undermining of privilege in the distribution ...
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