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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... political history . Just as it is dubious to define the Irish through the Catholic church , so it is with the Scots and Presbyterianism . Edinburgh - born ( Sir ) Alexander Stuart , Premier of New South Wales ( 1883-85 ) and vice ...
... political history . Just as it is dubious to define the Irish through the Catholic church , so it is with the Scots and Presbyterianism . Edinburgh - born ( Sir ) Alexander Stuart , Premier of New South Wales ( 1883-85 ) and vice ...
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... political form . Municipal politics were a logical starting point for many a political career as well . It cost least , both in time and money , to enter municipal politics . In theory , any man over the age of twenty - one who was ...
... political form . Municipal politics were a logical starting point for many a political career as well . It cost least , both in time and money , to enter municipal politics . In theory , any man over the age of twenty - one who was ...
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... Politics : The State Labor Parties in Australia 1880–1920 , UQP , St Lucia , 1975 , p . 231 ; John Hirst , Adelaide and the Country 1870-1917 : Their Social and Political Relationship , MUP , Melbourne , 1973 , pp . 153–71 . 26 The term ...
... Politics : The State Labor Parties in Australia 1880–1920 , UQP , St Lucia , 1975 , p . 231 ; John Hirst , Adelaide and the Country 1870-1917 : Their Social and Political Relationship , MUP , Melbourne , 1973 , pp . 153–71 . 26 The term ...
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