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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Except for the Aborigines , Australia did not interest them as it did a large troupe
of visiting social reformers , like Beatrice and Sidney Webb141 or Henry
Demarest Lloyd , 142 though S . A . Rosa kept Lombroso informed about
developments ...
Except for the Aborigines , Australia did not interest them as it did a large troupe
of visiting social reformers , like Beatrice and Sidney Webb141 or Henry
Demarest Lloyd , 142 though S . A . Rosa kept Lombroso informed about
developments ...
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11 R . A . Gollan also quoted Ensor in his chapter in Australia : A Social and
Political History ( 1955 ) . 12 And Geoffrey Serle used the Fitzpatrick version to
introduce his chapter on the 1890s in From Deserts Prophets Come .
11 R . A . Gollan also quoted Ensor in his chapter in Australia : A Social and
Political History ( 1955 ) . 12 And Geoffrey Serle used the Fitzpatrick version to
introduce his chapter on the 1890s in From Deserts Prophets Come .
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97 Brian Dickey , No Charity There : A Short History of Social Welfare in Australia
, Nelson , Melbourne , 1980 , pp . 38 – 44 , 70 – 80 . Raymond Evans , ' The
Hidden Colonists : Deviance and Social Control in Colonial Queensland ' , Jill
Roe ...
97 Brian Dickey , No Charity There : A Short History of Social Welfare in Australia
, Nelson , Melbourne , 1980 , pp . 38 – 44 , 70 – 80 . Raymond Evans , ' The
Hidden Colonists : Deviance and Social Control in Colonial Queensland ' , Jill
Roe ...
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