The Oxford History of Australia: 1770-1860, possessionsThe 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 volumetraces 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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Byron ' s circumnavigation of the globe in twenty - two months was the forerunner
of numerous new , state - run , geopolitical voyages under naval command which
would reveal the Pacific and its people to Western eyes . During his homeward ...
Byron ' s circumnavigation of the globe in twenty - two months was the forerunner
of numerous new , state - run , geopolitical voyages under naval command which
would reveal the Pacific and its people to Western eyes . During his homeward ...
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south that the ship was threatened by pack - ice , and becoming increasingly
sceptical of the existence of the missing continent , Cook nevertheless did not
think the Pacific area ' sufficiently explored ' . After a leisurely cruise through
Tahiti and ...
south that the ship was threatened by pack - ice , and becoming increasingly
sceptical of the existence of the missing continent , Cook nevertheless did not
think the Pacific area ' sufficiently explored ' . After a leisurely cruise through
Tahiti and ...
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missionary action away from the Pacific to the inland , especially since Samuel
Marsden , agent for both the Church and London Missionary Societies , was one
of the school ' s severest critics . Marsden ' s well - publicized views , and the ...
missionary action away from the Pacific to the inland , especially since Samuel
Marsden , agent for both the Church and London Missionary Societies , was one
of the school ' s severest critics . Marsden ' s well - publicized views , and the ...
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Blueprint for Growth | 1 |
Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
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