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 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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Page 127
Meanwhile a succession of government officials, scientific experts and would-be
pastoralists hurled themselves against the rugged escarpments which defined its
northern and western limits. In May 1813 the mountains were successfully ...
Meanwhile a succession of government officials, scientific experts and would-be
pastoralists hurled themselves against the rugged escarpments which defined its
northern and western limits. In May 1813 the mountains were successfully ...
Page 158
This meant that although pastoralists could not personally pass judgement on
their own servants, they could rely on their friends to do so. Employers in towns
enjoyed similar magisterial power over their convict workers and, with a
magistrate ...
This meant that although pastoralists could not personally pass judgement on
their own servants, they could rely on their friends to do so. Employers in towns
enjoyed similar magisterial power over their convict workers and, with a
magistrate ...
Page 169
Like the penal stations, the chain-gangs took workers out of the service of the
pastoralists, yet throughout this period up to ... testimony to the fact that the
assignment system was no longer the easy answer to pastoralists' labour
problems that it ...
Like the penal stations, the chain-gangs took workers out of the service of the
pastoralists, yet throughout this period up to ... testimony to the fact that the
assignment system was no longer the easy answer to pastoralists' labour
problems that it ...
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Contents
Blueprint for Growth | 1 |
Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
Copyright | |
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A. G. L. Shaw Aboriginal acres Angus & Robertson arrived Australian colonies B. H. Fletcher Bass Strait Bligh Botany Bay Britain British Cape capital Collins colony's convict labourers convict women culture developed Diemen's Land diggers E. P. Thompson early economic emancipists emigrants England especially European ex-convict expedition exploration Factory farming female Flinders gold Governor grant Hawkesbury Hobart HRNSW Hunter Hunter Valley ideal immigrants industry institutions James John Journal JRAHS L. E. Threlkeld liberal London Macarthur Macquarie male convicts Melbourne missionaries moral Norfolk Island NSW LC V&P officers Pacific Parramatta pastoral pastoralists Pemulwuy penal police political population Port Jackson Port Phillip Press problem punishment reformers Report reproduction savage schools scientific Select Committee servants settlement settlers sexual sheep ships social Society South Australia South Wales surgeon Swan River Sydney Tasmanian theorists theory trade Transportation Victoria voyage William workers
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Oxford History of Australia: 1770-1860 : Possessions Volume 2 of The Oxford History of Australia, The Oxford History of Australia |
| Editor | Geoffrey Curgenven Bolton |
| Contributor | Geoffrey Curgenven Bolton |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1992 |
| ISBN | 0195546105, 9780195546101 |
| Length | 397 pages |
| Subjects | › History / Australia & New Zealand History / General Reference / General Religion / Comparative Religion |
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