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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... believed the solution to finding a blueprint for ideal demographic growth lay in sparing the lives of children already born . In Britain infanticide had been made a serious criminal matter in 1624 and , though the practice of executing ...
... believed the solution to finding a blueprint for ideal demographic growth lay in sparing the lives of children already born . In Britain infanticide had been made a serious criminal matter in 1624 and , though the practice of executing ...
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... believed that these two were assisting the river people in their hostilities and had shown them how useless a musket was when it had been fired . Proclaimed an outlaw in May 1797 Wilson continued to dwell periodically with the ...
... believed that these two were assisting the river people in their hostilities and had shown them how useless a musket was when it had been fired . Proclaimed an outlaw in May 1797 Wilson continued to dwell periodically with the ...
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... believed , the heathen habits of colonized people , they were aware that from now on , colonization must proceed at an accelerated rate and that this could best be achieved not by force but by winning the co- operation of native people ...
... believed , the heathen habits of colonized people , they were aware that from now on , colonization must proceed at an accelerated rate and that this could best be achieved not by force but by winning the co- operation of native people ...
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Female Convict Experience 17881804 | 1 |
Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
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