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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Traditional tribal society survived only in the harshest or most inaccessible parts
of the continent . So it is probable that much of our modern knowledge derives
from impoverished versions of Aboriginal life . Traditional Aboriginal society
seems ...
Traditional tribal society survived only in the harshest or most inaccessible parts
of the continent . So it is probable that much of our modern knowledge derives
from impoverished versions of Aboriginal life . Traditional Aboriginal society
seems ...
Page 152
At mid - century , the churches still retained most of their traditional influence on
the family as an idea . Visiting parishioners in their homes to monitor church
attendance , family well - being , and the nature of the children's religious
education ...
At mid - century , the churches still retained most of their traditional influence on
the family as an idea . Visiting parishioners in their homes to monitor church
attendance , family well - being , and the nature of the children's religious
education ...
Page 184
18 K. S. Inglis has described the patterns which celebrations of traditional
holidays , the monarch's birthday , the sabbath , Christmas , assumed in the
Australian colonies . 19 Because it was officially a Protestant society , there were
none of ...
18 K. S. Inglis has described the patterns which celebrations of traditional
holidays , the monarch's birthday , the sabbath , Christmas , assumed in the
Australian colonies . 19 Because it was officially a Protestant society , there were
none of ...
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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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