The Oxford History of Australia: 1860-1900, Glad, Confident morningLate 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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POWER CONSTITUTIONS ADOPTED in New South Wales , Victoria , South
Australia , and Tasmania in 1856 and in Queensland in 1859 established the
institutional framework in which political development occurred during the next
forty ...
POWER CONSTITUTIONS ADOPTED in New South Wales , Victoria , South
Australia , and Tasmania in 1856 and in Queensland in 1859 established the
institutional framework in which political development occurred during the next
forty ...
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There was much ' superficial violence ' or name - calling and general rowdyism at
political meetings , often as a substitute for real knowledge or careful analysis ,
but also in recognition that those present had the right to be heard . 37 Michael ...
There was much ' superficial violence ' or name - calling and general rowdyism at
political meetings , often as a substitute for real knowledge or careful analysis ,
but also in recognition that those present had the right to be heard . 37 Michael ...
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At the same time , the sequence of political fashions suited some colonies more
than others . Free selection as devised in New South Wales was inappropriate for
Queensland , much as they tried to have it , and irrelevant in South Australia .
At the same time , the sequence of political fashions suited some colonies more
than others . Free selection as devised in New South Wales was inappropriate for
Queensland , much as they tried to have it , and irrelevant in South Australia .
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| Title | The Oxford History of Australia: 1860-1900, Glad, Confident morning Volume 3 of The Oxford History of Australia, Geoffrey Bolton |
| Author | Beverley Kingston |
| Editors | Geoffrey Bolton, Beverley Kingston |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1986 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 23 Sep 2009 |
| ISBN | 0195546113, 9780195546118 |
| Length | 368 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / United States / General |
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