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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Page 46
Governor Phillip and the officers of the marines had already left the colony when
this dispatch arrived , but in fact Major Grose had already given one grant to a
fellow officer of the New South Wales Corps and immediately issued seven more
.
Governor Phillip and the officers of the marines had already left the colony when
this dispatch arrived , but in fact Major Grose had already given one grant to a
fellow officer of the New South Wales Corps and immediately issued seven more
.
Page 175
In May 1822 when the new Female Factory at Parramatta was already
overcrowded , twenty - five women were dispatched to the government farm at
Emu Plains where between 300 and 400 men were then at work . Apparently it
was assumed ...
In May 1822 when the new Female Factory at Parramatta was already
overcrowded , twenty - five women were dispatched to the government farm at
Emu Plains where between 300 and 400 men were then at work . Apparently it
was assumed ...
Page 257
With fire and brimstone I ' ve ordained him ' , says Satan , ' And Vulcan has
already chained him ' . 25 It was not until the convict system was long terminated
that local writers like Marcus Clarke would turn to the pastoral frontier and the
convict ...
With fire and brimstone I ' ve ordained him ' , says Satan , ' And Vulcan has
already chained him ' . 25 It was not until the convict system was long terminated
that local writers like Marcus Clarke would turn to the pastoral frontier and the
convict ...
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Contents
Blueprint for Growth | 1 |
Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Oxford History of Australia: 1770-1860, possessions Volume 2 of The Oxford History of Australia, Geoffrey Bolton |
| Author | Jan Kociumbas |
| Editor | Geoffrey Bolton |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1992 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 17 Apr 2008 |
| ISBN | 0195546105, 9780195546101 |
| Length | 397 pages |
| Subjects | › Religion / Comparative Religion |
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