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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The need to found a new colony in the Pacific arose at a time when few labouring men and women of Britain were yet so desperate or so hungry that they would voluntarily leave their communities to look for work abroad .
The need to found a new colony in the Pacific arose at a time when few labouring men and women of Britain were yet so desperate or so hungry that they would voluntarily leave their communities to look for work abroad .
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In Britain , a campaign to abolish the trade and liberate the slaves rapidly developed into a national crusade . In 1787 a British philanthropic organization was permitted to establish Sierra Leone ...
In Britain , a campaign to abolish the trade and liberate the slaves rapidly developed into a national crusade . In 1787 a British philanthropic organization was permitted to establish Sierra Leone ...
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In Britain an Act attempting to make deportation of Indian coolie labour illegal was passed in 1839 . The imperial government's prohibition prevented most of the pastoralists ' plans for importing coolie labour to replace convicts from ...
In Britain an Act attempting to make deportation of Indian coolie labour illegal was passed in 1839 . The imperial government's prohibition prevented most of the pastoralists ' plans for importing coolie labour to replace convicts from ...
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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 |
| ISBN | 0195546105, 9780195546101 |
| Length | 397 pages |
| Subjects | › Religion / Comparative Religion |
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