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 134
19 In the eastern colonies , mere exploration of the inland was not sufficient to
change the country into a giant sheepwalk overnight . Whereas at the Swan River
it was assumed that large parcels of land would be required for each pastoralist ...
19 In the eastern colonies , mere exploration of the inland was not sufficient to
change the country into a giant sheepwalk overnight . Whereas at the Swan River
it was assumed that large parcels of land would be required for each pastoralist ...
Page 176
With homosexuality , juvenile vice and venereal disease running rife , the
colonies were little more than cesspools of sexual perversion and godless waste
. 43 By the end of the decade , though not all were convinced that it was possible
to ...
With homosexuality , juvenile vice and venereal disease running rife , the
colonies were little more than cesspools of sexual perversion and godless waste
. 43 By the end of the decade , though not all were convinced that it was possible
to ...
Page 180
With rates for poor relief rocketing , it had come to be expected that new colonies
such as Swan River might absorb some of these numerous , discontented
labourers . Few theorists now argued that emigration would exhaust national
wealth .
With rates for poor relief rocketing , it had come to be expected that new colonies
such as Swan River might absorb some of these numerous , discontented
labourers . Few theorists now argued that emigration would exhaust national
wealth .
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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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