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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... ment survey ship Basilisk . They were the lucky ones . 35 Local Aborigines , already notorious for the rough time they had given explorer Edmund Kennedy , sustained their reputation as determined defenders of their home in the ...
... ment survey ship Basilisk . They were the lucky ones . 35 Local Aborigines , already notorious for the rough time they had given explorer Edmund Kennedy , sustained their reputation as determined defenders of their home in the ...
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... ment found itself practically penniless when the London banking house of Agra and Mastermans , through which a loan had been raised , failed . Later the greater certainties of the Bank of England and the London and Westminster Bank were ...
... ment found itself practically penniless when the London banking house of Agra and Mastermans , through which a loan had been raised , failed . Later the greater certainties of the Bank of England and the London and Westminster Bank were ...
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... ment and the design of school furniture were tackled . For instance , backless forms on which children sat rigidly for hours were deemed undesirable ( except in Queensland where they remained standard issue till well into the middle of ...
... ment and the design of school furniture were tackled . For instance , backless forms on which children sat rigidly for hours were deemed undesirable ( except in Queensland where they remained standard issue till well into the middle of ...
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