A Documentary History of Australia: Colonial Australia, 1875-1900Nelson, 1980 - Australia |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 65
Page 199
... amount of labour prejudicial to health , and degenerating into that which is known as the " sweating " process . A large number of men , women , and children are compelled to work for very long hours in very unhealthy places . In 1873 a ...
... amount of labour prejudicial to health , and degenerating into that which is known as the " sweating " process . A large number of men , women , and children are compelled to work for very long hours in very unhealthy places . In 1873 a ...
Page 234
... large scale . The cultivation of the olive is extending , and the locally ... number of flourmills , many of them fitted with the most approved modern ... number of manufactures at 646 ; the amount of power supplied by steam , gas or wind ...
... large scale . The cultivation of the olive is extending , and the locally ... number of flourmills , many of them fitted with the most approved modern ... number of manufactures at 646 ; the amount of power supplied by steam , gas or wind ...
Page 475
... number of souls , I have multiplied the number of members by four , which is rather under the mark . The proportion ... large number of beginners in married life among the lodge families , the average number of children is only a ...
... number of souls , I have multiplied the number of members by four , which is rather under the mark . The proportion ... large number of beginners in married life among the lodge families , the average number of children is only a ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Adelaide amongst association Australian colonies banks Bill Brisbane Britain British Broken Hill building capital carried Catholic cause Cheers Chinese Church conference Constitution Convention Coolgardie Council Deniliquin district duty Edmund Barton electric empire employers England English established fact factories favour federation feeling gold goldfields Government hear horses House Imperial increase industrial Intercolonial interests labour land large number legislation live London Majesty's Government mallee matter means meeting Melbourne miles Mount Kembla never opinion organisation Parliament Parliamentary party persons political population Premier present principle protection Queensland question race railway reported representatives ship Sir Henry Parkes society South Australia South Australian Advertiser South Wales streets strike swagmen Sydney Morning Herald Tasmania Temora thing town trade unions Victoria vote wages Western Australia whole women