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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... Alfred Deakin set to work in the Melbourne public library to make a comprehensive study of aesthetics , he did not succeed in building up a satisfying philosophy of Art . For a young man who had as yet seen none of the world's master ...
... Alfred Deakin set to work in the Melbourne public library to make a comprehensive study of aesthetics , he did not succeed in building up a satisfying philosophy of Art . For a young man who had as yet seen none of the world's master ...
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... Alfred Hill recalled . At that precise moment a choir of 10000 children , 1000 adults and 10 brass bands thundered ... Alfred Deakin , Charles Cameron Kingston , and Edmund Barton , were all three Australian born . Australia was for them ...
... Alfred Hill recalled . At that precise moment a choir of 10000 children , 1000 adults and 10 brass bands thundered ... Alfred Deakin , Charles Cameron Kingston , and Edmund Barton , were all three Australian born . Australia was for them ...
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... Alfred Hill 1870–1960 , OUP , Auckland , 1980 , p . 71 . 4 Sydney Morning Herald , 2 January 1901 . 5 Nellie Stewart , My Life's Story , John Sands Ltd , Sydney , 1923 , p . 133 . 6 Alfred Deakin , The Federal Story : An Inner History ...
... Alfred Hill 1870–1960 , OUP , Auckland , 1980 , p . 71 . 4 Sydney Morning Herald , 2 January 1901 . 5 Nellie Stewart , My Life's Story , John Sands Ltd , Sydney , 1923 , p . 133 . 6 Alfred Deakin , The Federal Story : An Inner History ...
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