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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By March 1790 Major Robert Ross, commanding officer of the marines, had
arrived with two companies of soldiers and 215 settlers, mostly convicts. In
August, there had arrived another 200 convicts and the population had grown to
more than ...
By March 1790 Major Robert Ross, commanding officer of the marines, had
arrived with two companies of soldiers and 215 settlers, mostly convicts. In
August, there had arrived another 200 convicts and the population had grown to
more than ...
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Thus Ann Yeates, who arrived on the Lady Penrhyn in 1788, formed a liaison
with the stern Judge-Advocate Collins, producing a daughter in November 1790
and a son in April 1794. Elizabeth Burleigh lived with and had many children by
Dr ...
Thus Ann Yeates, who arrived on the Lady Penrhyn in 1788, formed a liaison
with the stern Judge-Advocate Collins, producing a daughter in November 1790
and a son in April 1794. Elizabeth Burleigh lived with and had many children by
Dr ...
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He was Edward Bell who had only arrived in Sydney in September with no more
knowledge of the colony than what he had gleaned from reading books like
Mitchell's, and treatises on sheep and cattle in the “Library of Useful Knowledge'.
He was Edward Bell who had only arrived in Sydney in September with no more
knowledge of the colony than what he had gleaned from reading books like
Mitchell's, and treatises on sheep and cattle in the “Library of Useful Knowledge'.
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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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