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 57
... British . There were plenty who did not like Britain , but they did not envisage a world in which Britain was not a powerful presence , nor British values the standard of behaviour . The very existence of the colonies was evi- dence of ...
... British . There were plenty who did not like Britain , but they did not envisage a world in which Britain was not a powerful presence , nor British values the standard of behaviour . The very existence of the colonies was evi- dence of ...
Page 295
... British government brought in the Colonial Laws Validity Act . This strengthened the position of colonial legislatures against extremism of the Boothby variety . The tendency also of advice given by subsequent British secretaries for ...
... British government brought in the Colonial Laws Validity Act . This strengthened the position of colonial legislatures against extremism of the Boothby variety . The tendency also of advice given by subsequent British secretaries for ...
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... British protectorate in the area . A conference of representatives of all interested Australa- sian governments including New Zealand and Fiji was called in November 1883. Unusually for any gathering of politi- cians at that stage ...
... British protectorate in the area . A conference of representatives of all interested Australa- sian governments including New Zealand and Fiji was called in November 1883. Unusually for any gathering of politi- cians at that stage ...
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