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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... thought necessary for the amount of work they did . ' Though the excess may be looked upon as waste , ' wrote Coghlan , ' it is none the less evidence of the wealth of the people whose circumstances permit them to indulge in it . ' 125 ...
... thought necessary for the amount of work they did . ' Though the excess may be looked upon as waste , ' wrote Coghlan , ' it is none the less evidence of the wealth of the people whose circumstances permit them to indulge in it . ' 125 ...
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... thought they were working harder at the end of the century than they had a decade earlier to maintain their purchasing power and standard of living , they were right . There was some bitterness , a sense of betrayal at the loss of ...
... thought they were working harder at the end of the century than they had a decade earlier to maintain their purchasing power and standard of living , they were right . There was some bitterness , a sense of betrayal at the loss of ...
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... thought the universities should be able to help , but even he , the editor of Plato's Philebus , spent most of his time and effort marking children's public examination papers . 104 In harmony with contemporary views of the role of ...
... thought the universities should be able to help , but even he , the editor of Plato's Philebus , spent most of his time and effort marking children's public examination papers . 104 In harmony with contemporary views of the role of ...
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