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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... farms would provide a useful buffer zone between the new colonial base and the possibly hostile natives . It was they ... farming , could support himself in the new country as a settler . In November 1789 Ruse began this experiment on ...
... farms would provide a useful buffer zone between the new colonial base and the possibly hostile natives . It was they ... farming , could support himself in the new country as a settler . In November 1789 Ruse began this experiment on ...
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... farmers needed additional access to capital , some farming knowledge , and a considerable measure of luck to wring a living from their parcel of land . As on the government farms at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island where ' ye rats ' and ...
... farmers needed additional access to capital , some farming knowledge , and a considerable measure of luck to wring a living from their parcel of land . As on the government farms at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island where ' ye rats ' and ...
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... farmers , the government market for local grain and meat was virtually a source of foreign exchange . This was the reason that so many of them had turned to farming from 1795 . The high prices charged by the officers for commodities ...
... farmers , the government market for local grain and meat was virtually a source of foreign exchange . This was the reason that so many of them had turned to farming from 1795 . The high prices charged by the officers for commodities ...
Contents
Female Convict Experience 17881804 | 1 |
Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
Copyright | |
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