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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... settlers of non - British origin were German - 26 872 in 1861 , rising to 45 000 in 1891.40 In the 1860s the Germans were already settlers of long standing . They were scattered throughout the colonies , as skilled farmers , tradesmen ...
... settlers of non - British origin were German - 26 872 in 1861 , rising to 45 000 in 1891.40 In the 1860s the Germans were already settlers of long standing . They were scattered throughout the colonies , as skilled farmers , tradesmen ...
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... settlers and native police . In settled dis- tricts they became objects of private charity , but concepts of health , welfare , and decency which were applied even to the Islanders were not seen as relevant to them . Where the diet laid ...
... settlers and native police . In settled dis- tricts they became objects of private charity , but concepts of health , welfare , and decency which were applied even to the Islanders were not seen as relevant to them . Where the diet laid ...
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... settlers . The land available in every district was not of the best quality or the most con- venient for transport ... settlers at Cosme found human nature less easily perfected than political theory , but unlike the Murray colonists who ...
... settlers . The land available in every district was not of the best quality or the most con- venient for transport ... settlers at Cosme found human nature less easily perfected than political theory , but unlike the Murray colonists who ...
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