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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... plans for a station in the Valley of Lagoons in the head- waters of the Burdekin and others further into the Kennedy , described the mood to the Duke of Newcastle , then Secretary for Colonies : There is something almost sublime in the ...
... plans for a station in the Valley of Lagoons in the head- waters of the Burdekin and others further into the Kennedy , described the mood to the Duke of Newcastle , then Secretary for Colonies : There is something almost sublime in the ...
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Geoffrey Bolton. Plans were already in existence for various irrigation schemes in northern Victoria and utilizing the waters of the Murray and Murrumbidgee rivers . 58 As farming land became more scarce , water was as gold , priming the ...
Geoffrey Bolton. Plans were already in existence for various irrigation schemes in northern Victoria and utilizing the waters of the Murray and Murrumbidgee rivers . 58 As farming land became more scarce , water was as gold , priming the ...
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... plans for inde- pendent yet co - operative forms of land use became more im- portant with deteriorating economic conditions in the 1890s . Legislation was introduced in most colonies to permit vil- lage , group , or co - operative ...
... plans for inde- pendent yet co - operative forms of land use became more im- portant with deteriorating economic conditions in the 1890s . Legislation was introduced in most colonies to permit vil- lage , group , or co - operative ...
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