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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... wool ) began to deteriorate . A continuing demand for quantity as much as quality wool absorbed some very coarse fibres . Expansion relieved some of the pressure on runs in the older districts and attention was then given to stock im ...
... wool ) began to deteriorate . A continuing demand for quantity as much as quality wool absorbed some very coarse fibres . Expansion relieved some of the pressure on runs in the older districts and attention was then given to stock im ...
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... wool underwrote all late nineteenth - century investment and development , especially in the wool - exporting cities . After hovering round a shilling a pound since 1872 the average price of wool fell to eight- pence halfpenny in 1886 ...
... wool underwrote all late nineteenth - century investment and development , especially in the wool - exporting cities . After hovering round a shilling a pound since 1872 the average price of wool fell to eight- pence halfpenny in 1886 ...
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... wool produced and ex- ported after 1860 , the value of gold and other minerals de- clined a little from their dramatic prominence in the 1850s . Gold and , for a few years in the early 1870s , tin , were , after wool , the next most ...
... wool produced and ex- ported after 1860 , the value of gold and other minerals de- clined a little from their dramatic prominence in the 1850s . Gold and , for a few years in the early 1870s , tin , were , after wool , the next most ...
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