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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... authorities were willing to accept applications for squatting licences in those districts . Beyond them was unknown , unexplored territory . Symbolic of the contemporary mood , George Elphinstone Dalrymple , a well - connected young ...
... authorities were willing to accept applications for squatting licences in those districts . Beyond them was unknown , unexplored territory . Symbolic of the contemporary mood , George Elphinstone Dalrymple , a well - connected young ...
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... authorities to manage such enterprises as railways , irrigation , water supply , posts and telegraphs , its wages boards , its charity commission , led the way . By the end of the century all colonies were committed to publicly owned ...
... authorities to manage such enterprises as railways , irrigation , water supply , posts and telegraphs , its wages boards , its charity commission , led the way . By the end of the century all colonies were committed to publicly owned ...
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... authorities , be they church or state . Here was a duty most parents were pleased to relinquish , an expense they could do without . State schools had the advantage of being free ( or almost ) . They seemed to offer progress , and ...
... authorities , be they church or state . Here was a duty most parents were pleased to relinquish , an expense they could do without . State schools had the advantage of being free ( or almost ) . They seemed to offer progress , and ...
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