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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Such ideas were anathema to liberal reformers like Sir James Stephen, for whom
the free workers occupying the “waste land' of Australia were to be kept white at
all costs. As with Burton's judgement on Aboriginal law, Stephen's thoughts on ...
Such ideas were anathema to liberal reformers like Sir James Stephen, for whom
the free workers occupying the “waste land' of Australia were to be kept white at
all costs. As with Burton's judgement on Aboriginal law, Stephen's thoughts on ...
Page 217
... such as The Star and Working Man's Guardian which still urged workers to
combine against the vampire capitalists'. ... during the depression was also
diffused in Sydney when the new Legislative Council took some action to
alleviate worker ...
... such as The Star and Working Man's Guardian which still urged workers to
combine against the vampire capitalists'. ... during the depression was also
diffused in Sydney when the new Legislative Council took some action to
alleviate worker ...
Page 296
As a means of recruiting ex-convict workers, the new “exile system' was providing
the wrong kind of workers in the wrong place at the wrong time. Exiles were
convicts who, like probationers, had previously been admitted to one of the new ...
As a means of recruiting ex-convict workers, the new “exile system' was providing
the wrong kind of workers in the wrong place at the wrong time. Exiles were
convicts who, like probationers, had previously been admitted to one of the new ...
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Contents
Blueprint for Growth | 1 |
Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| 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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