A History of Australia: From the earliest times to the age of Macquarie |
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North American colonies had been begun to deter wicked and evil disposed persons from committing crimes , and to provide labour for the colonies . Convicts sentenced to transportation were sold by their gaolers to shipping contractors ...
North American colonies had been begun to deter wicked and evil disposed persons from committing crimes , and to provide labour for the colonies . Convicts sentenced to transportation were sold by their gaolers to shipping contractors ...
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By 1798 the demand for labour , either bond or free , by both government and settlers , exceeded the supply . This scarcity contributed to the high price of labour in the colony , as well as the high payments to convicts for work done ...
By 1798 the demand for labour , either bond or free , by both government and settlers , exceeded the supply . This scarcity contributed to the high price of labour in the colony , as well as the high payments to convicts for work done ...
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The hours of their labour were prescribed in the regulations governing convict discipline . In summer and winter they worked from sunrise to three in the afternoon with an hour's interval for a meal . At least those were the regulation ...
The hours of their labour were prescribed in the regulations governing convict discipline . In summer and winter they worked from sunrise to three in the afternoon with an hour's interval for a meal . At least those were the regulation ...
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Contents
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 21 |
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 42 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY BAY | 59 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A History of Australia: From the earliest times to the age of Macquarie Volume 1 of A History of Australia, Charles Manning Hope Clark, ISBN 0522842356, 9780522842357 |
| Author | Charles Manning Hope Clark |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press, 1963 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 1 Aug 2019 |
| ISBN | 052284054X, 9780522840544 |
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