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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Page 93
... settlement similar to the one at Port Jackson , probably on the northern coast of Bass Strait . They might even be planning to lay claim to the whole of Van Diemen's Land . The anxiety of the authorities in New South Wales increased in ...
... settlement similar to the one at Port Jackson , probably on the northern coast of Bass Strait . They might even be planning to lay claim to the whole of Van Diemen's Land . The anxiety of the authorities in New South Wales increased in ...
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... settlement at Port Phillip proved temporary . The soil was found to be ' nothing but a complete bed of sand , and the timber was of so miserable a kind that it was impossible to get a straight piece twelve feet long ' . Even worse , the ...
... settlement at Port Phillip proved temporary . The soil was found to be ' nothing but a complete bed of sand , and the timber was of so miserable a kind that it was impossible to get a straight piece twelve feet long ' . Even worse , the ...
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... settlement was named Launceston.8 By 1810 the authorities were speaking with enthusiasm of the open fertile country that lay between the settlements in the north and south of Van Diemen's Land . According to Surveyor - General John ...
... settlement was named Launceston.8 By 1810 the authorities were speaking with enthusiasm of the open fertile country that lay between the settlements in the north and south of Van Diemen's Land . According to Surveyor - General John ...
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Female Convict Experience 17881804 | 1 |
Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
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