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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... later . It was still assumed in Adelaide in the late 1860s that sheep would make the first tracks across the Northern Territory as they had done elsewhere , that mineral discoveries and agri- cultural settlement would follow.9 In the ...
... later . It was still assumed in Adelaide in the late 1860s that sheep would make the first tracks across the Northern Territory as they had done elsewhere , that mineral discoveries and agri- cultural settlement would follow.9 In the ...
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... later decades of the nineteeth cen- tury it became more difficult for individuals to finance the larger and more arduous operations which were needed to carve runs out of the Northern Territory and the north - west of Western Australia ...
... later decades of the nineteeth cen- tury it became more difficult for individuals to finance the larger and more arduous operations which were needed to carve runs out of the Northern Territory and the north - west of Western Australia ...
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... later decades of the nineteenth century . Even so , neither Adelaide , Brisbane , nor Hobart was able to attract a community above the size of a large country town . Only the twin congregations of Perth and Fremantle , drawing on re ...
... later decades of the nineteenth century . Even so , neither Adelaide , Brisbane , nor Hobart was able to attract a community above the size of a large country town . Only the twin congregations of Perth and Fremantle , drawing on re ...
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