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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When the Executive Council at length passed judgement on Nunn in July 1839 , there was no liberal outcry against the verdict of self - defence . It was said the widest distinction had to be made ' between the case of the murderers of ...
When the Executive Council at length passed judgement on Nunn in July 1839 , there was no liberal outcry against the verdict of self - defence . It was said the widest distinction had to be made ' between the case of the murderers of ...
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An admirer of American democracy , Lang's brand of liberalism focused chiefly on making a complete break with Britain and ... Hawkesley's newspaper , The People's Advocate , adopted a motto from French liberal Lamartine , looking to ...
An admirer of American democracy , Lang's brand of liberalism focused chiefly on making a complete break with Britain and ... Hawkesley's newspaper , The People's Advocate , adopted a motto from French liberal Lamartine , looking to ...
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This usefully obscured the vested interest of the liberal nationalists in free labour and added new moral and medical justifications to their campaign . According to the Anti - Transportation League , exiles were a noxious source of ...
This usefully obscured the vested interest of the liberal nationalists in free labour and added new moral and medical justifications to their campaign . According to the Anti - Transportation League , exiles were a noxious source of ...
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Contents
Blueprint for Growth | 1 |
Male Convict Experience 17881804 | 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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