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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... idea of progress , so skil- fully delineated in its British context by J. B. Bury in 1920 , ' an idea so eminently colonial ' , according to William West- garth who described the colonies as ' a sort of apotheosis of progress ' . The ...
... idea of progress , so skil- fully delineated in its British context by J. B. Bury in 1920 , ' an idea so eminently colonial ' , according to William West- garth who described the colonies as ' a sort of apotheosis of progress ' . The ...
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... idea that a higher than average capacity for roguery and social irresponsibility had evolved through natural selection from the original convict settlers.8 The symbols of British civilization were more specific . The union jack flew ...
... idea that a higher than average capacity for roguery and social irresponsibility had evolved through natural selection from the original convict settlers.8 The symbols of British civilization were more specific . The union jack flew ...
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... idea of land as a source of power and the key to independence and self - sufficiency was as strong as ever . It was given new authority by the writings of the American political economist , Henry George , especially through his Progress ...
... idea of land as a source of power and the key to independence and self - sufficiency was as strong as ever . It was given new authority by the writings of the American political economist , Henry George , especially through his Progress ...
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