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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... squatting practised by an earlier generation . It seems likely that New South Wales farmer and grazier John Robertson , who remembered the economic and social excitement of the 1840s when the squatters went forth ( himself among them ) ...
... squatting practised by an earlier generation . It seems likely that New South Wales farmer and grazier John Robertson , who remembered the economic and social excitement of the 1840s when the squatters went forth ( himself among them ) ...
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... squatters selected land of strategic value on their existing runs in the names of family or friends , or ' peacocking ' in which selectors ' picked the eyes ' out of a run , for example , the waterholes and river flats , making the rest ...
... squatters selected land of strategic value on their existing runs in the names of family or friends , or ' peacocking ' in which selectors ' picked the eyes ' out of a run , for example , the waterholes and river flats , making the rest ...
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... squatters . In part the range of terms reflects regional difference . In the Western District of Victoria , South Australia , the south of Western Australia , and in southern New South Wales , the squatter was treated as a squire ...
... squatters . In part the range of terms reflects regional difference . In the Western District of Victoria , South Australia , the south of Western Australia , and in southern New South Wales , the squatter was treated as a squire ...
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