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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... emancipists and marines began to be acquired by the officer - traders , so a custom developed of casti- gating the ... emancipist farmers had suffered from certain financial disadvan- tages , most had been ruined because they were ' idle ...
... emancipists and marines began to be acquired by the officer - traders , so a custom developed of casti- gating the ... emancipist farmers had suffered from certain financial disadvan- tages , most had been ruined because they were ' idle ...
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... emancipists also prospered by developing the colony's nascent secondary industries , of which flour - milling was perhaps the most important before 1821. The most modern mill was run by a steam - engine imported by a free settler , John ...
... emancipists also prospered by developing the colony's nascent secondary industries , of which flour - milling was perhaps the most important before 1821. The most modern mill was run by a steam - engine imported by a free settler , John ...
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... emancipist population held land in New South Wales.22 Implicit to Bigge's brief was the need to decide whether the rising ... emancipists like William Wentworth , who were treated as inferiors by wealthy families who had arrived free ...
... emancipist population held land in New South Wales.22 Implicit to Bigge's brief was the need to decide whether the rising ... emancipists like William Wentworth , who were treated as inferiors by wealthy families who had arrived free ...
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Female Convict Experience 17881804 | 1 |
Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
Copyright | |
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