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 301
With him he brought knowledge of the Californian gold - panning technique and
plans to claim a government reward by discovering a similar goldfield in New
South Wales which would be amenable to this technique . By late March , tiring of
...
With him he brought knowledge of the Californian gold - panning technique and
plans to claim a government reward by discovering a similar goldfield in New
South Wales which would be amenable to this technique . By late March , tiring of
...
Page 304
By September when the find was made public , his party had gathered fifty
pounds of gold and a rush began which temporarily eclipsed that of Ballarat . The
Mt Alexander find provoked mass emigration of men from Van Diemen ' s Land
and ...
By September when the find was made public , his party had gathered fifty
pounds of gold and a rush began which temporarily eclipsed that of Ballarat . The
Mt Alexander find provoked mass emigration of men from Van Diemen ' s Land
and ...
Page 313
As a new means of colonization the gold rushes were acknowledged as an
unprecedented success . That expert on imperialism , E . G . Wakefield , wrote in
May 1852 that despite an initial tendency to “ Jacobinize ' the new society , gold ...
As a new means of colonization the gold rushes were acknowledged as an
unprecedented success . That expert on imperialism , E . G . Wakefield , wrote in
May 1852 that despite an initial tendency to “ Jacobinize ' the new society , gold ...
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Contents
Blueprint for Growth | 1 |
Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
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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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