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  2. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT

    One of the most important of the many special features which have marked the progress of the nineteenth century is the industrial development that has taken ...

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  3. RELIGION

    The religious movements of the age have been charactersied by development transition, and toleration Great movements have been born and insigaiteant ...

    Article : 369 words
  4. SURGERY AND MEDICINE.

    Remarkable progress has been made during the century in surgical and medical science The advance in the healing art was slow until the beginning of the ...

    Article : 944 words
  5. MISSIONARY WORK.

    The missionary movement is a live one in the present day. The principle of sending missionaries to teach the Christian religion to the heathens had its ...

    Article : 333 words
  6. AUSTRALIAN JOURNALISM.

    The history of Australian journalism dates from the early years of the centary The "Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser" was ...

    Article : 355 words
  7. AUSTRALIAN SINGERS.

    Australian composers tare not yet born heard to particular advantage, probably for lack of opportunity, but me names of Australian vocalists, Jike'those ...

    Article : 297 words
  8. THE NEWSPAPER PRESS

    The growth of the newspaper press is one of the features of the century. The first news sheet worthy of the name was issued at Venice in 1566, being an official ...

    Article : 359 words
  9. THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE

    Science has now invaded every department of life to such an extent that it will not be necessary to allude to more than a few salient features in the course ...

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  10. CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

    One of the greates religous movements of the century was the Oxford or Tractarian movement which paved the way for the Ritualistic party in the ...

    Article : 327 words
  11. AN AUSTRAUAN PAEAN

    The English air is fresh and fair, The Irish fields are green; The bright light gleams o'er Scotland's steams, ...

    Article : 465 words
  12. MUSIC AND MUSICIANS.'

    Music is closely associated with the drams, and the remarks that apply to one may be applied to the other with certain distinctions. The dramatist and ...

    Article : 135 words
  13. FEDERATED AUSTRALIA

    In honor of Australia, a song a song, my boys, a song, Join merrily in chorus, lads, and cary it along; ...

    Article : 267 words
  14. THE BICYCLE.

    As a means of locomotion, allowing people to travel with ease and speed either on pleasure of business the bicycle ranks as one of the most useful ...

    Article : 157 words
  15. HOMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.

    The Roman Catholic Church has changed but little in her history, and not at all in here dogma or doctrines. During the century five Popes have occupied the ...

    Article : 259 words
  16. EARLY DISABILITIES AND DIFFICULTIES.

    Apart from the mechanical disabilities under which they labored, the early newspapers were carried on under great difficulties, of which Mr Justin Mr'Carthy ...

    Article : 474 words
  17. MACHINERY.

    Machinery plays an important part in every department of industry. In earlier years manufactures were the result of manual labor, but the application of ...

    Article : 211 words
  18. RAILWAY.

    Railway construction at first proceeded slowly, and 15 years after the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester line there were only 2400 miles of railway in ...

    Article : 471 words
  19. SANITATION.

    But probably one of the greatest improvements of the age in regard to the preservation of the health of the community has been the progress made in ...

    Article : 281 words
  20. A FEDERAL SONG

    They're gathering for the roll call, from the Fast unto the West! Now, rise up every slumbring one, and follow with the rest, ...

    Article : 290 words
  21. MUSIC AND THE STAGE

    The arts of music and the drama are conducted under happier conditions than formerly. Finer theatres and larger concert halls have been erected; the ...

    Article : 303 words
  22. EVOLUTION.

    One of the most remarkable theories advanced was that by Darwin in 1858 on the evolution of man. The publication of this theory was followed by a very bitter ...

    Article : 78 words
  23. OTHER DENOMINATIONS.

    The other religious denominations all have a story of progress to unfold. With the exception of a few inconsequential sects. the various Protestant churches ...

    Article : 122 words
  24. AGRICULTURE.

    Through the medium of science, me chanical invention and better means of transport the agricultural industry is altogehter deferent from what it was at ...

    Article : 838 words
  25. GEOGRAPHY.

    In geographical exploration much permanent work has been done. At the beginning of the century the world was not nearly so wide as it is now, a large area ...

    Article : 158 words
  26. SALVATION ARMY.

    No review of the religious movements of the nineteenth century, however brief would be complete without a special reference to that social religious ...

    Article : 156 words
  27. THE PROLONGATION OF LIFE.

    In the course of an article entitled. Can We Prolong OUr Lives" which appreared in a recent number of an English magazine, Dr. Cyrus Edson says. "We ...

    Article : 372 words
  28. PRINTING MACHINES.

    In its early history "The Times" was prinited on an old hand press at the rate of about 150 copies an hour. In 1814 the proprietor, Mr John Walters, ...

    Article : 276 words
  29. THE STAT OF AUSTRALIA

    There's a Star shall shine in the fair Southern sky, Long dreamed of and hoped for its rising is nigh; With eager eyes watching the nations await ...

    Article : 249 words
  30. GEOLOGY.

    But the surface of the earth is not the only part of the material world that has received attention from science. Geology has done much to reveal the hid ...

    Article : 110 words
  31. AUSTRALIAN CHURCHES.

    The first Roman Catholic Bishop of Australia was Dr. Poling, who arrived in Sydney in 1835. Bishop Broughton was appointed the first Bishop of the ...

    Article : 63 words
  32. ACTORS.

    The century has been some remarkable actors occupying the stage—artists whose names have become household words. The age has been prolitic of ...

    Article : 88 words
  33. ELECTRICITY.

    But probably the most marvellous achievment of this inveting age was the harnessing, of the electirc fluid, which practically made possible the boast of ...

    Article : 922 words
  34. RELIGIOUS ORGANISATIONS.

    In 1867 the first Lambeth Conference was held. In 1865 the Salvation Army was founded. IN 1875 the first Pan Presbyterian Council was convened, and ...

    Article : 147 words
  35. ASTRONOMY AND METEOROLOGY.

    There is no need to make more than a passing reference to the great strides Central Asia, and the interior of Africa made in astronomy and meteorology, see ...

    Article : 136 words
  36. PLAYS AND THE PLAYERS.

    Whilst the century may not have produced any Shakespears, it has brought forth dramatists of note. such as Pinero Grunday, Gilbert, Wilde, Jones and ...

    Article : 256 words
  37. MODERN NEWSPAPERS.

    All these contrivances have assisted in making the newspaper of to-day an important factor in everyday life. News papers are now within the reach of ...

    Article : 70 words
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