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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After a leisurely cruise through Tahiti and the Society Islands , where his men were again permitted free ... being to check French reports of a new island south of Mauritius and continue the quest for the needed NorthWest Passage .
After a leisurely cruise through Tahiti and the Society Islands , where his men were again permitted free ... being to check French reports of a new island south of Mauritius and continue the quest for the needed NorthWest Passage .
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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 ...
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 ...
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Norfolk Island , once a foothold of such crucial importance , had long since been denuded of its forests of ... In June 1856 its last convicts were evacuated to Hobart and , in a move underlining the island's association with the now ...
Norfolk Island , once a foothold of such crucial importance , had long since been denuded of its forests of ... In June 1856 its last convicts were evacuated to Hobart and , in a move underlining the island's association with the now ...
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Contents
Blueprint for Growth | 1 |
Male Convict Experience 17881804 | 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 |
| ISBN | 0195546105, 9780195546101 |
| Length | 397 pages |
| Subjects | › Religion / Comparative Religion |
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