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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... Henry Lawson , with his unsatisfactory marriage , his uncongenial employment prospects , his aggressive mili- tarism , his drinking problem , his melancholic lack of direc- tion in life , spoke easily from his own experience to many of ...
... Henry Lawson , with his unsatisfactory marriage , his uncongenial employment prospects , his aggressive mili- tarism , his drinking problem , his melancholic lack of direc- tion in life , spoke easily from his own experience to many of ...
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... Henry Lawson's Religion ' , JRH , 11 ( 1980 ) , pp . 308-19 . 71 J.D. Bollen , Protestantism and Social Reform in New South Wales 1890– 1910 , MUP , Melbourne , 1972 . 72 Hutchinson's Australasian Encyclopaedia , London , 1892 , p . 122 ...
... Henry Lawson's Religion ' , JRH , 11 ( 1980 ) , pp . 308-19 . 71 J.D. Bollen , Protestantism and Social Reform in New South Wales 1890– 1910 , MUP , Melbourne , 1972 . 72 Hutchinson's Australasian Encyclopaedia , London , 1892 , p . 122 ...
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... Henry Lawson , pp . 188-9 . 160 Cosmos , 29 February 1896 , quoted Prout , p . 133 . 161 Australasian Federation League , Songs of Union . 162 G. H. Reid , My Reminiscences , Cassell , London , 1917 , 163 Rickard , H. B. Higgins , p ...
... Henry Lawson , pp . 188-9 . 160 Cosmos , 29 February 1896 , quoted Prout , p . 133 . 161 Australasian Federation League , Songs of Union . 162 G. H. Reid , My Reminiscences , Cassell , London , 1917 , 163 Rickard , H. B. Higgins , p ...
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