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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... effect . 23 But a wife required a house and a certain standard of comfort . She could not be expected to live or work , as the contemporary collo- quialism put it , ' a black gin ' . Further south it had not been unusual for wives and ...
... effect . 23 But a wife required a house and a certain standard of comfort . She could not be expected to live or work , as the contemporary collo- quialism put it , ' a black gin ' . Further south it had not been unusual for wives and ...
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... effect of the pursuit of organized sport in the late nineteenth century appears in the way sport mirrored work by ... effects of riding , swimming , tennis , bicycling . Girls no less than their brothers were affected by the equable ...
... effect of the pursuit of organized sport in the late nineteenth century appears in the way sport mirrored work by ... effects of riding , swimming , tennis , bicycling . Girls no less than their brothers were affected by the equable ...
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... effect , or topicality , or to suit the expressed preference of the audience , or to accommodate actors who drank or actresses who fell pregnant . Before the audience began to tire of a programme it was time to mount a new one , or to ...
... effect , or topicality , or to suit the expressed preference of the audience , or to accommodate actors who drank or actresses who fell pregnant . Before the audience began to tire of a programme it was time to mount a new one , or to ...
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