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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... seemed in need of support . Yet immigration produced new categor- ies of need . Often in dire straits , dislocated immigrants were also eminently recoverable . Orphans too seemed innocent , unable to be charged with neglecting their ...
... seemed in need of support . Yet immigration produced new categor- ies of need . Often in dire straits , dislocated immigrants were also eminently recoverable . Orphans too seemed innocent , unable to be charged with neglecting their ...
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... seemed ideally suited to continue the American experi- ment with Jeffersonian democracy . The expansion of small farms would provide useful and productive employment to retain gold - rush immigrants and ensure self - sufficiency in ...
... seemed ideally suited to continue the American experi- ment with Jeffersonian democracy . The expansion of small farms would provide useful and productive employment to retain gold - rush immigrants and ensure self - sufficiency in ...
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... seemed to behave like a syndicate too , especially in the competition for loan money , immigrants , and rail freight . In the 1860s the notion that any local industry should be protected by tariffs in order to encourage its growth as a ...
... seemed to behave like a syndicate too , especially in the competition for loan money , immigrants , and rail freight . In the 1860s the notion that any local industry should be protected by tariffs in order to encourage its growth as a ...
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