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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Page 10
The aim was to facilitate dispossession from the land and force the former
peasants to understand that in a cash economy they might use, eat and possess
only those commodities for which they could pay. Resistance was heavily
punished ...
The aim was to facilitate dispossession from the land and force the former
peasants to understand that in a cash economy they might use, eat and possess
only those commodities for which they could pay. Resistance was heavily
punished ...
Page 56
... this operation and prisoners were taken. For the government however it was
more economical to force the ex-convicts to do their own killing; but convicts and
exconvicts might use their guns to resist the authorities rather than the Aborigines
...
... this operation and prisoners were taken. For the government however it was
more economical to force the ex-convicts to do their own killing; but convicts and
exconvicts might use their guns to resist the authorities rather than the Aborigines
...
Page 303
'It would be madness to attempt to stop that which we have not the physical force
to put down', Deas Thomson informed James Macarthur. In due course, Fitzroy
decided to uphold the principle of the crown's right at common law to all deposits
...
'It would be madness to attempt to stop that which we have not the physical force
to put down', Deas Thomson informed James Macarthur. In due course, Fitzroy
decided to uphold the principle of the crown's right at common law to all deposits
...
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Contents
Blueprint for Growth | 1 |
Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| 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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