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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Page 51
... Austra- lia , and to remedy it is perhaps the chief aim of modern social legislation , 122 Before the 1890s Australian society set high standards for individual self - sufficiency , at least for men , and took a fairly harsh view of ...
... Austra- lia , and to remedy it is perhaps the chief aim of modern social legislation , 122 Before the 1890s Australian society set high standards for individual self - sufficiency , at least for men , and took a fairly harsh view of ...
Page 119
... Austra- lia , with the difference in age between husbands and wives the lowest of all the colonies , both men and women had justifiably good expectations , not only of marrying , but of marrying someone of much the same age , background ...
... Austra- lia , with the difference in age between husbands and wives the lowest of all the colonies , both men and women had justifiably good expectations , not only of marrying , but of marrying someone of much the same age , background ...
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... Austra- lia ' , a lingering presence in Australian history . Within a few years there was a similarly thriving liedertafel in Brisbane as well as a philharmonic society inspired by the less well- remembered but equally enthusiastic ...
... Austra- lia ' , a lingering presence in Australian history . Within a few years there was a similarly thriving liedertafel in Brisbane as well as a philharmonic society inspired by the less well- remembered but equally enthusiastic ...
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