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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... gold , the largest about a foot in diameter . Dropping a blanket over the rock to conceal it from the eyes of a neighbour's shepherd , the Aborigines reported their find to Kerr who , quick as horseflesh could carry him , rushed to the ...
... gold , the largest about a foot in diameter . Dropping a blanket over the rock to conceal it from the eyes of a neighbour's shepherd , the Aborigines reported their find to Kerr who , quick as horseflesh could carry him , rushed to the ...
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... gold rush as a means of promoting either mineral exports or free emigration . In Britain , the extraction of gold by private individuals had been seen as a likely source of disorder , overturning power relation- ships between master and ...
... gold rush as a means of promoting either mineral exports or free emigration . In Britain , the extraction of gold by private individuals had been seen as a likely source of disorder , overturning power relation- ships between master and ...
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... gold using a simple tin - dish method . Then from 1848 a gold rush to California further demonstrated the potential of gold - seeking as a means of stimulating free emigration and the growth of colonial markets . This new American state ...
... gold using a simple tin - dish method . Then from 1848 a gold rush to California further demonstrated the potential of gold - seeking as a means of stimulating free emigration and the growth of colonial markets . This new American state ...
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Female Convict Experience 17881804 | 1 |
Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
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