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 160
... L. E. Threlkeld discovered . At Lake Macquarie he employed four unskilled labourers and a carpenter , a blacksmith and a shoe- maker . In an attempt to discipline them Threlkeld reduced their rations , but found this increased their ...
... L. E. Threlkeld discovered . At Lake Macquarie he employed four unskilled labourers and a carpenter , a blacksmith and a shoe- maker . In an attempt to discipline them Threlkeld reduced their rations , but found this increased their ...
Page 278
... L. E. Threlkeld , though he drew the line at collecting skulls for the anatomists and biologists , was another who in the 1840s exploited to the hilt growing ethnological interest in Aborigines and other allegedly primitive peoples ...
... L. E. Threlkeld , though he drew the line at collecting skulls for the anatomists and biologists , was another who in the 1840s exploited to the hilt growing ethnological interest in Aborigines and other allegedly primitive peoples ...
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... L. E. Threlkeld Missionary to the Aborigines 1824-1859 Vols I & II ( Aus- tralian Institute of Aboriginal Studies , Canberra 1974 ) . Most contemporary newspapers and periodicals were replete with information on Aboriginal people ...
... L. E. Threlkeld Missionary to the Aborigines 1824-1859 Vols I & II ( Aus- tralian Institute of Aboriginal Studies , Canberra 1974 ) . Most contemporary newspapers and periodicals were replete with information on Aboriginal people ...
Contents
Female Convict Experience 17881804 | 1 |
Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
Copyright | |
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