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 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 204
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
By the late 1840s radical ideas survived only in a few transient journals such as
The Star and Working Man's Guardian which still urged workers to combine
against the 'vampire capitalists'. Radicalism during the depression was also
diffused ...
By the late 1840s radical ideas survived only in a few transient journals such as
The Star and Working Man's Guardian which still urged workers to combine
against the 'vampire capitalists'. Radicalism during the depression was also
diffused ...
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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A. G. L. Shaw Aboriginal acres Angus & Robertson arrived Australian colonies B. H. Fletcher Bass Strait Bligh Botany Bay Britain British Cape capital Collins colony's convict labourers convict women culture developed Diemen's Land diggers E. P. Thompson early economic emancipists emigrants England especially European ex-convict expedition exploration Factory farming female Flinders gold Governor grant Hawkesbury Hobart HRNSW Hunter Hunter Valley ideal immigrants industry institutions James John Journal JRAHS L. E. Threlkeld liberal London Macarthur Macquarie male convicts Melbourne missionaries moral Norfolk Island NSW LC V&P officers Pacific Parramatta pastoral pastoralists Pemulwuy penal police political population Port Jackson Port Phillip Press problem punishment reformers Report reproduction savage schools scientific Select Committee servants settlement settlers sexual sheep ships social Society South Australia South Wales surgeon Swan River Sydney Tasmanian theorists theory trade Transportation Victoria voyage William workers
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Oxford History of Australia: 1770-1860 : Possessions Volume 2 of The Oxford History of Australia, The Oxford History of Australia |
| Editor | Geoffrey Curgenven Bolton |
| Contributor | Geoffrey Curgenven Bolton |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1992 |
| ISBN | 0195546105, 9780195546101 |
| Length | 397 pages |
| Subjects | › History / Australia & New Zealand History / General Reference / General Religion / Comparative Religion |
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