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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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 ...
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This meant that although pastoralists could not personally pass judgement on their own servants , they could rely on their ... In 1836 Sydney merchant and pastoralist , A. B. Spark , was quick to have his servant ' Charlie the Carpenter ...
This meant that although pastoralists could not personally pass judgement on their own servants , they could rely on their ... In 1836 Sydney merchant and pastoralist , A. B. Spark , was quick to have his servant ' Charlie the Carpenter ...
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Like the penal stations , the chain - gangs took workers out of the service of the pastoralists , yet throughout this period up to onequarter of all male convicts experienced the especially brutal punishment for which both these forms ...
Like the penal stations , the chain - gangs took workers out of the service of the pastoralists , yet throughout this period up to onequarter of all male convicts experienced the especially brutal punishment for which both these forms ...
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Contents
Blueprint for Growth | 1 |
Male Convict Experience 17881804 | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
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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