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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... and numerous ' prostitutes ' would marry and bear children.24 These preoccupations with the stimulation and control of male sexuality , no less than reproduction , influenced the official plans for the penal settlements .
... and numerous ' prostitutes ' would marry and bear children.24 These preoccupations with the stimulation and control of male sexuality , no less than reproduction , influenced the official plans for the penal settlements .
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They were now in a position at least partly to subvert the pro - natalist plans of the authorities . ... of any plan which proposed ' to lock all the females up who are not married until they are so fortunate as to obtain husbands ' 52 ...
They were now in a position at least partly to subvert the pro - natalist plans of the authorities . ... of any plan which proposed ' to lock all the females up who are not married until they are so fortunate as to obtain husbands ' 52 ...
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This became evident in plans to dispatch a new British expedition to the South Seas in 1768. It was then fifty - two years since Edmond Halley had published a paper explaining that a transit of Venus was a useful means of calculating ...
This became evident in plans to dispatch a new British expedition to the South Seas in 1768. It was then fifty - two years since Edmond Halley had published a paper explaining that a transit of Venus was a useful means of calculating ...
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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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