The Oxford History of Australia, Volume 2Geoffrey Bolton The history of Australia from the 1770s to the 1860s is seen as tightly linked to events and ideologies in an age of revolution and in particular to the social problems of industrialising Britain. Australia was colonized by believers in political equality and economic liberty, and this volume traces the development of the colonies into a stable society where organised sport prevented idleness and unrest among the lower orders and sectarianism and intercolonial rivalries absorbed the political energies of the middle classes. |
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Page 126
... pastoral industry was going to require vast quantities of land . Profitability depended on utilizing native grasses on relatively treeless well - drained plains which did not have to be ' improved ' and where flocks and herds could be ...
... pastoral industry was going to require vast quantities of land . Profitability depended on utilizing native grasses on relatively treeless well - drained plains which did not have to be ' improved ' and where flocks and herds could be ...
Page 133
... pastoral land along the upper reaches and tributaries of the Hunter River . For his part in the ' discovery ' of the route , Benjamin Singleton , who had found part of the track in 1818 , was , like Howe , rewarded with land grants in ...
... pastoral land along the upper reaches and tributaries of the Hunter River . For his part in the ' discovery ' of the route , Benjamin Singleton , who had found part of the track in 1818 , was , like Howe , rewarded with land grants in ...
Page 211
... pastoral boom and had gone on to reap a fortune from shipping , trade and pastoral pursuits . Unable to collect his debts , by mid 1840 Spark was in trouble . He responded by mortgaging and selling his assets , and eventually ...
... pastoral boom and had gone on to reap a fortune from shipping , trade and pastoral pursuits . Unable to collect his debts , by mid 1840 Spark was in trouble . He responded by mortgaging and selling his assets , and eventually ...
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Female Convict Experience 17881804 | 1 |
Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
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