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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... responsibility . Standards of hygiene , both in public and private , were authoritatively laid down and actively pursued , especially in the later years of the cen- tury , by doctors , scientific societies , health and sanitary ...
... responsibility . Standards of hygiene , both in public and private , were authoritatively laid down and actively pursued , especially in the later years of the cen- tury , by doctors , scientific societies , health and sanitary ...
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... responsibility would result in a loss of wealth . These essentially eighteenth - century views took on new meaning with the rise of a newly wealthy class , not yet habituated to their traditional duties and responsibilities . They ...
... responsibility would result in a loss of wealth . These essentially eighteenth - century views took on new meaning with the rise of a newly wealthy class , not yet habituated to their traditional duties and responsibilities . They ...
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... responsibility located elsewhere : it was the responsibility of Queensland society as a whole . But it was also easily , even callously , brought to an end . Whereas the convict past lived in the Australian psyche for generations as a ...
... responsibility located elsewhere : it was the responsibility of Queensland society as a whole . But it was also easily , even callously , brought to an end . Whereas the convict past lived in the Australian psyche for generations as a ...
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