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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... lands . Three categories of land could be distinguished in 1860 : land which had already been granted , sold , or otherwise alienated from the Crown ; land which had been distributed as leasehold under various conditions ; and the ...
... lands . Three categories of land could be distinguished in 1860 : land which had already been granted , sold , or otherwise alienated from the Crown ; land which had been distributed as leasehold under various conditions ; and the ...
Page 268
... land and the kind of settlement that price produced . By the 1880s , priorities were changing . Karl Marx's prediction of the 1850s was proving to be uncannily accurate . By its very nature , small holding property forms a suitable ...
... land and the kind of settlement that price produced . By the 1880s , priorities were changing . Karl Marx's prediction of the 1850s was proving to be uncannily accurate . By its very nature , small holding property forms a suitable ...
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... land not too far from a suburban railway line . And here , the market seemed to work . The original land grants surrounding the cities were steadily subdivided . Houses were built and , most important- ly , sold . Torrens titles made ...
... land not too far from a suburban railway line . And here , the market seemed to work . The original land grants surrounding the cities were steadily subdivided . Houses were built and , most important- ly , sold . Torrens titles made ...
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