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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... 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 was considered one of the most important ...
... 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 was considered one of the most important ...
Page 158
... traditional charities faltered , it became more difficult for them to establish or assess the extent of need . Some city neighbourhoods were largely untouched by traditional surveillance . The police and the law courts were just as ...
... traditional charities faltered , it became more difficult for them to establish or assess the extent of need . Some city neighbourhoods were largely untouched by traditional surveillance . The police and the law courts were just as ...
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... 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 those saint's days which brightened the routine 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 those saint's days which brightened the routine of ...
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