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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Beverley Kingston Geoffrey Bolton. father's practice . In his quest for self - education he joined an evening debating class taken by Alfred Deakin , whom he had met and admired through his legal work . Thus he became acquainted with the ...
Beverley Kingston Geoffrey Bolton. father's practice . In his quest for self - education he joined an evening debating class taken by Alfred Deakin , whom he had met and admired through his legal work . Thus he became acquainted with the ...
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... practice and attitude . Older girls learnt on their younger brothers and sisters ; young ones learnt on their nieces and nephews , unless of course , these were born before their aunts . Such practical experience was seen as a source of ...
... practice and attitude . Older girls learnt on their younger brothers and sisters ; young ones learnt on their nieces and nephews , unless of course , these were born before their aunts . Such practical experience was seen as a source of ...
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... practice during the Boer War . Between the Indian Mutiny at mid - century and the South African campaigns at the end , the Australian colonies began to discover that there was no simple complementarity be- tween British or imperial ...
... practice during the Boer War . Between the Indian Mutiny at mid - century and the South African campaigns at the end , the Australian colonies began to discover that there was no simple complementarity be- tween British or imperial ...
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