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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... protection of British law , the numerous war veterans among the settlers proved especially merciless in dealing with ... protected from the assaults of the land - takers and clothed in blankets made in Britain , they would be re ...
... protection of British law , the numerous war veterans among the settlers proved especially merciless in dealing with ... protected from the assaults of the land - takers and clothed in blankets made in Britain , they would be re ...
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... protection of British law there were plenty suffering its penalties . In part , the solution to these problems was seen to lie in stepping up the christianization process and passing Evidence Acts that would allow Aboriginal testimony ...
... protection of British law there were plenty suffering its penalties . In part , the solution to these problems was seen to lie in stepping up the christianization process and passing Evidence Acts that would allow Aboriginal testimony ...
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... protect ' Aboriginal people and bring them under discipline . Expert ' proof ' of Aboriginal mental inferiority could ... Protection Society and under the presidency of physician , Dr James Prichard , illustrated the growing notion that ...
... protect ' Aboriginal people and bring them under discipline . Expert ' proof ' of Aboriginal mental inferiority could ... Protection Society and under the presidency of physician , Dr James Prichard , illustrated the growing notion that ...
Contents
Female Convict Experience 17881804 | 1 |
Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
Copyright | |
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