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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Just as in the eastern Australian colonies , allegations of sexual immorality , alcoholism , and vice were used to attack the assignment system , so liberal reformers in New Zealand used similar descriptions , many dwelling on the ...
Just as in the eastern Australian colonies , allegations of sexual immorality , alcoholism , and vice were used to attack the assignment system , so liberal reformers in New Zealand used similar descriptions , many dwelling on the ...
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In response to this problem Acts for the Maintenance of Deserted Wives and Children were passed in Van Diemen's Land in 1837 and New South Wales in 1840 but , though far in advance of similar legislation in Britain , these proved ...
In response to this problem Acts for the Maintenance of Deserted Wives and Children were passed in Van Diemen's Land in 1837 and New South Wales in 1840 but , though far in advance of similar legislation in Britain , these proved ...
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Similar horticultural organizations followed in Port Phillip and South Australia in the 1840s . A new organization , the Australasian Botanical and Horticultural Society , was established in Sydney in July 1848.10 A similar ...
Similar horticultural organizations followed in Port Phillip and South Australia in the 1840s . A new organization , the Australasian Botanical and Horticultural Society , was established in Sydney in July 1848.10 A similar ...
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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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