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 46
... officers had been announced in January 1793. Elsewhere in British colonies military officers had to resign their commissions in order to qualify for land grants , but as early as May 1788 officers of the Marine Corps , who had purchased ...
... officers had been announced in January 1793. Elsewhere in British colonies military officers had to resign their commissions in order to qualify for land grants , but as early as May 1788 officers of the Marine Corps , who had purchased ...
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... officers was given preference and the small settler waited longer to be paid . In addition , the officers had come to control the importing and retailing of essential goods . This they had done by buying up the cargoes of passing ...
... officers was given preference and the small settler waited longer to be paid . In addition , the officers had come to control the importing and retailing of essential goods . This they had done by buying up the cargoes of passing ...
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... officers were forbidden by the authorities to trade , to avoid the disasters which officer trading had caused to emancipist farming . A plan introduced in New South Wales in 1797 and finalized in 1802 , to retail consumer goods through ...
... officers were forbidden by the authorities to trade , to avoid the disasters which officer trading had caused to emancipist farming . A plan introduced in New South Wales in 1797 and finalized in 1802 , to retail consumer goods through ...
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Blueprint for Growth | 1 |
Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
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