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 92
... Port Jackson with 170 tons of sperm oil worth £ 13000 . Much to the chagrin of the British , the lucrative sealing , whaling and trading potential of the area south of Port Jackson was , as Governor King wrote in November 1803 ...
... Port Jackson with 170 tons of sperm oil worth £ 13000 . Much to the chagrin of the British , the lucrative sealing , whaling and trading potential of the area south of Port Jackson was , as Governor King wrote in November 1803 ...
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... Port Jackson , in the early years only a limited number of fit and able - bodied people was available to put Western technology to the uses of the settlement . In Hobart during July 1804 the labourers were attacked by scurvy . By ...
... Port Jackson , in the early years only a limited number of fit and able - bodied people was available to put Western technology to the uses of the settlement . In Hobart during July 1804 the labourers were attacked by scurvy . By ...
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... Port Jackson when Pemulwuy speared Macintyre , the gamekeeper's master opted for an instant show of force ... Port Jackson . At Port Dalrymple , Colonel Paterson was equally prepared to dispense with the careful diplomacy which had been ...
... Port Jackson when Pemulwuy speared Macintyre , the gamekeeper's master opted for an instant show of force ... Port Jackson . At Port Dalrymple , Colonel Paterson was equally prepared to dispense with the careful diplomacy which had been ...
Contents
Blueprint for Growth | 1 |
Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
Copyright | |
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