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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... women's bodies existed merely to reproduce . This concept of women as reproductive units affected all women , rich or poor , black or white , for though it was chiefly more workers which were needed , not more leaders , the theorists ...
... women's bodies existed merely to reproduce . This concept of women as reproductive units affected all women , rich or poor , black or white , for though it was chiefly more workers which were needed , not more leaders , the theorists ...
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... women . It was not till 1803 or 1804 that even those women with business skills could find openings in Sydney . Nor had many women found employment in the government institutions for the sick and insane , though two or three were ...
... women . It was not till 1803 or 1804 that even those women with business skills could find openings in Sydney . Nor had many women found employment in the government institutions for the sick and insane , though two or three were ...
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... women's sexuality , much early revisionist literature was particularly concerned to analyze this issue . ( See Anne Summers , Damned Whores and God's Police : The Colonization of Women in Australia , Penguin , Ringwood , 1975 ; Miriam ...
... women's sexuality , much early revisionist literature was particularly concerned to analyze this issue . ( See Anne Summers , Damned Whores and God's Police : The Colonization of Women in Australia , Penguin , Ringwood , 1975 ; Miriam ...
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Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
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