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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... voters represented by any one member was small while property qualifications , voluntary registration and voting , and the sex barrier , all contributed their own disqualifications and ... VOTES . RMCGREGOR MLA BALLARAT E W.B.GROSE POWER 243.
... voters represented by any one member was small while property qualifications , voluntary registration and voting , and the sex barrier , all contributed their own disqualifications and ... VOTES . RMCGREGOR MLA BALLARAT E W.B.GROSE POWER 243.
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... voters to ' plump ' for only one of the candidates and give him all their votes so that second and subsequent members were elected by a tiny number of votes . This problem was partially overcome by voter education , and by the best ...
... voters to ' plump ' for only one of the candidates and give him all their votes so that second and subsequent members were elected by a tiny number of votes . This problem was partially overcome by voter education , and by the best ...
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... votes . 73 ( Catherine Helen Spence stood for election to the South Australian del- egation at the same time , the first woman to stand for elec- tion to public office in Australia . She came twenty - second in a list of thirty - three ...
... votes . 73 ( Catherine Helen Spence stood for election to the South Australian del- egation at the same time , the first woman to stand for elec- tion to public office in Australia . She came twenty - second in a list of thirty - three ...
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