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 86
... Victoria , Presbyterians and Methodists together out- numbered the Catholics , and there was a strong Baptist church . In South Australia , Methodists alone outnumbered the Catholics and there were more Methodists and Baptists together ...
... Victoria , Presbyterians and Methodists together out- numbered the Catholics , and there was a strong Baptist church . In South Australia , Methodists alone outnumbered the Catholics and there were more Methodists and Baptists together ...
Page 111
... Victoria had the largest white popula- tion in 1860-538 234 compared with New South Wales's 348 546. This advantage was retained until 1890 when Vic- toria began to lose people , mainly to Western Australian gold- fields , while New ...
... Victoria had the largest white popula- tion in 1860-538 234 compared with New South Wales's 348 546. This advantage was retained until 1890 when Vic- toria began to lose people , mainly to Western Australian gold- fields , while New ...
Page 274
... Victoria they were no longer dutiable . '80 In the 1890s the need for protection became desperate as Victorian manufac- turers , especially , sought to expand their markets within Australia . Under George Turner , premier 1894–99 , Victoria ...
... Victoria they were no longer dutiable . '80 In the 1890s the need for protection became desperate as Victorian manufac- turers , especially , sought to expand their markets within Australia . Under George Turner , premier 1894–99 , Victoria ...
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