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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... began to decline . Several generations of British wives and children had worn cotton in the interests of cheap- ness and cleanliness . Improvements in the standard of living encouraged a move to higher status woollen fabrics . 27 If it ...
... began to decline . Several generations of British wives and children had worn cotton in the interests of cheap- ness and cleanliness . Improvements in the standard of living encouraged a move to higher status woollen fabrics . 27 If it ...
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... began to attract more pri- vate speculators , especially in mining , whose interest shifted quickly and uncomfortably for the eastern colonies during the 1890s to Western Australia . There the whole cycle of mineral exploration and ...
... began to attract more pri- vate speculators , especially in mining , whose interest shifted quickly and uncomfortably for the eastern colonies during the 1890s to Western Australia . There the whole cycle of mineral exploration and ...
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... began to affect the volume of water available , especial- ly in the lower reaches of the Murray - Darling system ) , the co - operation of four colonies was required . Intercolonial negotiations were the nearest most colonial ...
... began to affect the volume of water available , especial- ly in the lower reaches of the Murray - Darling system ) , the co - operation of four colonies was required . Intercolonial negotiations were the nearest most colonial ...
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