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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Page 99
... Queensland in 1885 via the USA , was in some ways typical of the men who made up the working population of Queensland at that time . 104 Many of them had recent experience of both working conditions in the Old World and the radical ...
... Queensland in 1885 via the USA , was in some ways typical of the men who made up the working population of Queensland at that time . 104 Many of them had recent experience of both working conditions in the Old World and the radical ...
Page 162
... Queensland it was a more insidious thing . There , in theory , the convict system had come to an end in 1840 , but because Queensland had been a place for retransportation from New South Wales , most convicts were transported for life ...
... Queensland it was a more insidious thing . There , in theory , the convict system had come to an end in 1840 , but because Queensland had been a place for retransportation from New South Wales , most convicts were transported for life ...
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... Queensland where the treatment of labourers from the Pacific islands had become a divisive issue , however , church people could rally support by refer- ence to the work of their fellows in Victoria . Queensland like Victoria had had ...
... Queensland where the treatment of labourers from the Pacific islands had become a divisive issue , however , church people could rally support by refer- ence to the work of their fellows in Victoria . Queensland like Victoria had had ...
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