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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With homosexuality , juvenile vice and venereal disease running rife , the
colonies were little more than cesspools of ... end of the decade , though not all
were convinced that it was possible to continue colonial expansion totally without
convict ...
With homosexuality , juvenile vice and venereal disease running rife , the
colonies were little more than cesspools of ... end of the decade , though not all
were convinced that it was possible to continue colonial expansion totally without
convict ...
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With rates for poor relief rocketing , it had come to be expected that new colonies
such as Swan River might absorb some of these numerous , discontented
labourers . Few theorists now argued that emigration would exhaust national
wealth .
With rates for poor relief rocketing , it had come to be expected that new colonies
such as Swan River might absorb some of these numerous , discontented
labourers . Few theorists now argued that emigration would exhaust national
wealth .
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309-11 ; Ian Duffield , ' From Slave Colonies to Penal Colonies : The West Indian
Convict Transportees to Australia ' , Slavery and Abolition , Vol . 7 , 1 ( May 1986 )
; ' Martin Beck and Afro - Blacks in Colonial Australia ' , Journal of Australian ...
309-11 ; Ian Duffield , ' From Slave Colonies to Penal Colonies : The West Indian
Convict Transportees to Australia ' , Slavery and Abolition , Vol . 7 , 1 ( May 1986 )
; ' Martin Beck and Afro - Blacks in Colonial Australia ' , Journal of Australian ...
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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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