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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By March 1790 Major Robert Ross , commanding officer of the marines , had
arrived with two companies of soldiers and 215 settlers , mostly convicts . In
August , there had arrived another 200 convicts and the population had grown to
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By March 1790 Major Robert Ross , commanding officer of the marines , had
arrived with two companies of soldiers and 215 settlers , mostly convicts . In
August , there had arrived another 200 convicts and the population had grown to
more ...
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The result was that Jane continued to nurse the child herself , despite her own
failing health . She bore eight sons and two daughters between her marriage in
1824 and her early death in March 1840.17 The women were to produce children
...
The result was that Jane continued to nurse the child herself , despite her own
failing health . She bore eight sons and two daughters between her marriage in
1824 and her early death in March 1840.17 The women were to produce children
...
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William Bradley , Part of the Reef in Sydney Bay , Norfolk Island , on which the
Sirius was wreck'd 19 March 1790 , William Bradley A Voyage to New South
Wales The Journal of William Bradley RN of HMS Sirius 1786–1792 . Public
Library of ...
William Bradley , Part of the Reef in Sydney Bay , Norfolk Island , on which the
Sirius was wreck'd 19 March 1790 , William Bradley A Voyage to New South
Wales The Journal of William Bradley RN of HMS Sirius 1786–1792 . Public
Library of ...
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Contents
Male Convict Experience 17881804 | 32 |
Science and the South Pacific | 63 |
Free Trade | 91 |
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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