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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Beverley Kingston Geoffrey Bolton. traditional practice , as did coal - mining , or
many urban trades for those who followed them , unhappily it was not . There was
no room in Australia for old - fashioned or peasant - like attitudes to agriculture .
Beverley Kingston Geoffrey Bolton. traditional practice , as did coal - mining , or
many urban trades for those who followed them , unhappily it was not . There was
no room in Australia for old - fashioned or peasant - like attitudes to agriculture .
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The increasingly complex urban infrastructure also demanded attention - roads ,
harbours , bridges , water supply , waste disposal , public transport , lighting .
Initially interest in these services was mainly selfish . Property owners organized
to ...
The increasingly complex urban infrastructure also demanded attention - roads ,
harbours , bridges , water supply , waste disposal , public transport , lighting .
Initially interest in these services was mainly selfish . Property owners organized
to ...
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This still gives a poor idea of the real distribution of the sexes on a geographical
basis , for women predominated in urban areas while men outnumbered women
in most rural districts . Contemporary observers who noted the sex imbalances ...
This still gives a poor idea of the real distribution of the sexes on a geographical
basis , for women predominated in urban areas while men outnumbered women
in most rural districts . Contemporary observers who noted the sex imbalances ...
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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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