Colonial Australia, 1841-1874Aborigines - bushrangers - Chinese - Caroline Chisholm ; coal mining - convicts - copper - crime & criminals -depressions ; Melbourne - politics & government - religion - transport - education - trade unionism - unemployment - women; Melbourne - nationalism - pastoral industry - transport - education - trade unionism - women. |
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A correspondent signing himself ' A Friend of Australia ' wrote in June 1846 : Until
news reached England of our disasters in New Zealand there was not a single
artilleryman nor a single serviceable gun in all our colonies in the Pacific ; and ...
A correspondent signing himself ' A Friend of Australia ' wrote in June 1846 : Until
news reached England of our disasters in New Zealand there was not a single
artilleryman nor a single serviceable gun in all our colonies in the Pacific ; and ...
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126 – 7 ' STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH ENGLAND AT LAST The sudden
demand in Britain for berths on ships sailing for Australia created a boom in the
shipping industry . Most of the emigrants took passage in slow sailing ships , but
the ...
126 – 7 ' STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH ENGLAND AT LAST The sudden
demand in Britain for berths on ships sailing for Australia created a boom in the
shipping industry . Most of the emigrants took passage in slow sailing ships , but
the ...
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conferred on England and Australia are too real , too recent , and too notorious ,
to require detailed exposition here . . . . In England , she has been the means of
teaching the labouring classes the secret of their own strength , and directing to ...
conferred on England and Australia are too real , too recent , and too notorious ,
to require detailed exposition here . . . . In England , she has been the means of
teaching the labouring classes the secret of their own strength , and directing to ...
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| Title | Colonial Australia, 1841-1874 Volume 2 of A Documentary History of Australia, Francis Keble Crowley Volume 2 of A Documentary History of Australia: Colonial Australia, 1788-1900, Francis Keble Crowley |
| Author | Francis Keble Crowley |
| Publisher | Nelson, 1980 |
| ISBN | 0170054098, 9780170054096 |
| Length | 675 pages |
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