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 72
... become the President of the Royal Society , and this organization was producing precise in- structions to seafarers and travellers on how to assemble accurate data on coastlines , ports and weather patterns . Traces of this method were ...
... become the President of the Royal Society , and this organization was producing precise in- structions to seafarers and travellers on how to assemble accurate data on coastlines , ports and weather patterns . Traces of this method were ...
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... become part of Britain's first colonization venture in the 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 ...
... become part of Britain's first colonization venture in the 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 ...
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... become settlers after their emancipation ' . Some of the governors themselves took part in the profit- making from colonial trade . Governor Davey was granted 3000 acres of land at Coal River ( Newcastle ) and acquired 5000 more by ...
... become settlers after their emancipation ' . Some of the governors themselves took part in the profit- making from colonial trade . Governor Davey was granted 3000 acres of land at Coal River ( Newcastle ) and acquired 5000 more by ...
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Blueprint for Growth | 1 |
Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
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