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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Early in May they were on a westward flowing river, known to Wiradjuri people as
Wambool but now renamed the Macquarie. Here the Governor planned to erect a
town for the convenience and accommodation of such settlers as may be ...
Early in May they were on a westward flowing river, known to Wiradjuri people as
Wambool but now renamed the Macquarie. Here the Governor planned to erect a
town for the convenience and accommodation of such settlers as may be ...
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shallow lake might overflow via a still unknown coastal river system into the
surrounding seas. Some believed that the Brisbane River might connect the
imagined lake to the Pacific. Others dispensed altogether with the theory of an
inland sea ...
shallow lake might overflow via a still unknown coastal river system into the
surrounding seas. Some believed that the Brisbane River might connect the
imagined lake to the Pacific. Others dispensed altogether with the theory of an
inland sea ...
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official assault upon the mysterious rivers. It being the third year of a drought, the
party successfully penetrated westward beyond the marshes which had defeated
Oxley and stumbled upon another major river, this time flowing to the south.
official assault upon the mysterious rivers. It being the third year of a drought, the
party successfully penetrated westward beyond the marshes which had defeated
Oxley and stumbled upon another major river, this time flowing to the south.
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Contents
Blueprint for Growth | 1 |
Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
Copyright | |
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| 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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