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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In comparison with the value of wool produced and exported after 1860 , the
value of gold and other minerals declined a little from their dramatic prominence
in the 1850s . Gold and , for a few years in the early 1870s , tin , were , after wool
...
In comparison with the value of wool produced and exported after 1860 , the
value of gold and other minerals declined a little from their dramatic prominence
in the 1850s . Gold and , for a few years in the early 1870s , tin , were , after wool
...
Page 262
Such security and wealth were of course cumulative and eventually produced '
the Adelaide Establishment and an upper house and political system more
conservative than any in Australia . The wisdom of maintaining Wakefieldian
pricing ...
Such security and wealth were of course cumulative and eventually produced '
the Adelaide Establishment and an upper house and political system more
conservative than any in Australia . The wisdom of maintaining Wakefieldian
pricing ...
Page 283
This may have produced an appearance of order and equality within categories ,
but it also produced unfairness between categories , for those marginally
excluded were relegated to the common denominator of a lower category . In a
sense ...
This may have produced an appearance of order and equality within categories ,
but it also produced unfairness between categories , for those marginally
excluded were relegated to the common denominator of a lower category . In a
sense ...
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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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