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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... river , known to Wiradjuri people as Wambool but now renamed the Macquarie . Here the Governor planned to erect a town ' for the convenience and accommodation of such settlers as may be indulged with grants of land in this new dis ...
... river , known to Wiradjuri people as Wambool but now renamed the Macquarie . Here the Governor planned to erect a town ' for the convenience and accommodation of such settlers as may be indulged with grants of land in this new dis ...
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... River , discovered by P. P. King adjacent to Melville and Bathurst Islands . One supporter of this view pointed out that the descent of such a river to sea - level over such a distance would be similar to that of the Nile between Cairo ...
... River , discovered by P. P. King adjacent to Melville and Bathurst Islands . One supporter of this view pointed out that the descent of such a river to sea - level over such a distance would be similar to that of the Nile between Cairo ...
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... river , this time flowing to the south . Sturt dutifully named this after Governor Darling and the following year was placed in charge of a second attack on these contrary , antipodean rivers . Aiming to avoid the frustrations of the ...
... river , this time flowing to the south . Sturt dutifully named this after Governor Darling and the following year was placed in charge of a second attack on these contrary , antipodean rivers . Aiming to avoid the frustrations of the ...
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Blueprint for Growth | 1 |
Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
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