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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... already enforced on imported ideals and cherished beliefs in those more benign southern areas . Climate was generally advanced as the reason why there were so few women among the settlers in the tropics , though it was not climate that ...
... already enforced on imported ideals and cherished beliefs in those more benign southern areas . Climate was generally advanced as the reason why there were so few women among the settlers in the tropics , though it was not climate that ...
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... already improving the liberalism of J. S. Mill in the 1860s . The expansion of the Queensland economy in the 1880s and 1890s took place in a climate of ideas influenced by Bellamy , Hyndman , and Marx . At the same time , the sequence ...
... already improving the liberalism of J. S. Mill in the 1860s . The expansion of the Queensland economy in the 1880s and 1890s took place in a climate of ideas influenced by Bellamy , Hyndman , and Marx . At the same time , the sequence ...
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... already demonstrated their skills and their commitment to the land by becoming successful lessees . The main argument was that effective use was more important than mere distribution . De- bate was emotionally influenced by the ...
... already demonstrated their skills and their commitment to the land by becoming successful lessees . The main argument was that effective use was more important than mere distribution . De- bate was emotionally influenced by the ...
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