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 43
... half the total wealth of New South Wales in the 1890s was made up of the value of land , houses , and improvements . 109 The evidence relating to home building during the course of the second half of the nineteenth century suggests that ...
... half the total wealth of New South Wales in the 1890s was made up of the value of land , houses , and improvements . 109 The evidence relating to home building during the course of the second half of the nineteenth century suggests that ...
Page 135
... half in the twenty years to 1880 and almost by half again by the turn of the century . In 1901 there were only 7349 Chinese in Victoria , both full- and mixed - blood , including 111 full- blood females and 498 of mixed blood . In other ...
... half in the twenty years to 1880 and almost by half again by the turn of the century . In 1901 there were only 7349 Chinese in Victoria , both full- and mixed - blood , including 111 full- blood females and 498 of mixed blood . In other ...
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... half of the nineteenth century . One is the way in which ordinary people , given time and means , adapted the classical forms of British and European culture for their own purposes . The other is the gradual acceptance of environment ...
... half of the nineteenth century . One is the way in which ordinary people , given time and means , adapted the classical forms of British and European culture for their own purposes . The other is the gradual acceptance of environment ...
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