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 135
Portions were to be offered in large blocks of 1920 acres , and a single person
could purchase up to five of these parcels , paying by quarterly instalments if
preferred , though there was a 10 per cent discount for cash . To the further
advantage ...
Portions were to be offered in large blocks of 1920 acres , and a single person
could purchase up to five of these parcels , paying by quarterly instalments if
preferred , though there was a 10 per cent discount for cash . To the further
advantage ...
Page 147
Thus , it was said , just as revelation was available to every person with sufficient
faith and zeal , so by attention to strict personal discipline , chastity , sobriety and
providence , every person could avoid poverty and even achieve wealth , if not ...
Thus , it was said , just as revelation was available to every person with sufficient
faith and zeal , so by attention to strict personal discipline , chastity , sobriety and
providence , every person could avoid poverty and even achieve wealth , if not ...
Page 150
Having succeeded in enlisting the assistance of the Bruny Island people —
Wooraddy , Truganini , Pevay and others — in February 1830 Robinson set off on
the first of his journeys devoted to rounding up every Aboriginal person left in Van
...
Having succeeded in enlisting the assistance of the Bruny Island people —
Wooraddy , Truganini , Pevay and others — in February 1830 Robinson set off on
the first of his journeys devoted to rounding up every Aboriginal person left in Van
...
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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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