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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... bush which grew along stock routes . The local in- habitants were no more inclined to welcome this invasion of squatters than they had Leichhardt , Kennedy , or the Jardine brothers.4 Then a slump in the wool market and unpredict- able ...
... bush which grew along stock routes . The local in- habitants were no more inclined to welcome this invasion of squatters than they had Leichhardt , Kennedy , or the Jardine brothers.4 Then a slump in the wool market and unpredict- able ...
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... bush and bells , and wattle blossom to the ' metro- politan horticulturalist's business ' . It is a matter for deep regret that the state's beautiful native flora is being gradually destroyed . It now contributes at annual displays to ...
... bush and bells , and wattle blossom to the ' metro- politan horticulturalist's business ' . It is a matter for deep regret that the state's beautiful native flora is being gradually destroyed . It now contributes at annual displays to ...
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... Bush : Man and Machine in Rural Australia , OUP , Melbourne , 1980 , chap . 5 . 57 Scott Bennett , The Clarence Comet : The Career of Henry Searle 1866– 89 , SUP , Sydney , 1973 . 58 Semmler , The Banjo of the Bush , pp . 49-51 . 59 ...
... Bush : Man and Machine in Rural Australia , OUP , Melbourne , 1980 , chap . 5 . 57 Scott Bennett , The Clarence Comet : The Career of Henry Searle 1866– 89 , SUP , Sydney , 1973 . 58 Semmler , The Banjo of the Bush , pp . 49-51 . 59 ...
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