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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... continued to occur across the ensuring decade and even the Marsden family on their farm at Parramatta had occasionally to sit down to ' balm tea ' or ' wheat coffee ' , sometimes without sugar . Though all suffered privations during the ...
... continued to occur across the ensuring decade and even the Marsden family on their farm at Parramatta had occasionally to sit down to ' balm tea ' or ' wheat coffee ' , sometimes without sugar . Though all suffered privations during the ...
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... continued to be paid by barter . Wages were still often paid in rum and tobacco . The abundance of personal promissory notes was also a problem . Known as ' currency ' because they were peculiarly local in origin , some fell apart from ...
... continued to be paid by barter . Wages were still often paid in rum and tobacco . The abundance of personal promissory notes was also a problem . Known as ' currency ' because they were peculiarly local in origin , some fell apart from ...
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... evidence for scientific theory , the Abor- iginal people continued to attract attention . Debate raged around the Tasmanians and their reputedly different physical appearance from mainland 274 THE OXFORD HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA.
... evidence for scientific theory , the Abor- iginal people continued to attract attention . Debate raged around the Tasmanians and their reputedly different physical appearance from mainland 274 THE OXFORD HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA.
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Female Convict Experience 17881804 | 1 |
Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
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