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 56
Such a relationship could have proved very dangerous to the authorities ,
especially during the dry summers at the turn of the century , when it was feared
that either of these troublesome groups of people might set fire to the ripening or
...
Such a relationship could have proved very dangerous to the authorities ,
especially during the dry summers at the turn of the century , when it was feared
that either of these troublesome groups of people might set fire to the ripening or
...
Page 59
41 Similar divisive tactics were used by the authorities to control the Irish , that
other potentially disruptive group who , throughout the period of scarcity and
famine could possibly , if united , have brought the settlement to its knees .
Arriving ...
41 Similar divisive tactics were used by the authorities to control the Irish , that
other potentially disruptive group who , throughout the period of scarcity and
famine could possibly , if united , have brought the settlement to its knees .
Arriving ...
Page 96
12 The British authorities were now also aware that the impact of this pressure
placed by the white settlers on the local food resources would mean war with the
Aboriginal inhabitants , largely repeating the pattern set at Port Jackson ...
12 The British authorities were now also aware that the impact of this pressure
placed by the white settlers on the local food resources would mean war with the
Aboriginal inhabitants , largely repeating the pattern set at Port Jackson ...
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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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