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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... Pacific and its people to Western eyes . During his homeward route via the East Indies to the Cape , Byron noted the absence of a great swell from the south - west , and vast flocks of birds flying south , suggesting the imminent ...
... Pacific and its people to Western eyes . During his homeward route via the East Indies to the Cape , Byron noted the absence of a great swell from the south - west , and vast flocks of birds flying south , suggesting the imminent ...
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... Pacific . Of this he took possession and named it Norfolk Island . 18 Suspecting that the British presence in the Pacific was not purely ' scientific ' and they might be planning to establish a base at Tahiti , the Spanish followed suit ...
... Pacific . Of this he took possession and named it Norfolk Island . 18 Suspecting that the British presence in the Pacific was not purely ' scientific ' and they might be planning to establish a base at Tahiti , the Spanish followed suit ...
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... Pacific missionary L. E. Threlkeld , encouraged by visiting agents of the London Missionary Society Daniel Tyerman and George Bennet , who had been sent to survey the Pacific stations , opened a mission at Lake Macquarie . Located at ...
... Pacific missionary L. E. Threlkeld , encouraged by visiting agents of the London Missionary Society Daniel Tyerman and George Bennet , who had been sent to survey the Pacific stations , opened a mission at Lake Macquarie . Located at ...
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Blueprint for Growth | 1 |
Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
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