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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... Northern Territory came under the control in 1862 of the South Australian government in Adelaide where it was deter- mined to sell enough land to make it a worthy investment according to the same principles used in the initial ...
... Northern Territory came under the control in 1862 of the South Australian government in Adelaide where it was deter- mined to sell enough land to make it a worthy investment according to the same principles used in the initial ...
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... Northern Territory . Tully named his care- fully laid out streets for the Oxford colleges of his patrons , but Cardwell survived only as a fishing village and a railway stop when at last the railway came . Its grandiose street plan and ...
... Northern Territory . Tully named his care- fully laid out streets for the Oxford colleges of his patrons , but Cardwell survived only as a fishing village and a railway stop when at last the railway came . Its grandiose street plan and ...
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... Northern Territory , UQP , St Lucia , 1981 ; Alan Powell , Far Country : A Short History of the Northern Territory , MUP , Melbourne , 1982 ; Ross Duncan , The Northern Territory Pastoral Industry 1863- 1910 , MUP , Melbourne , 1967 ...
... Northern Territory , UQP , St Lucia , 1981 ; Alan Powell , Far Country : A Short History of the Northern Territory , MUP , Melbourne , 1982 ; Ross Duncan , The Northern Territory Pastoral Industry 1863- 1910 , MUP , Melbourne , 1967 ...
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