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 February of the following year it was widely believed that these two were
assisting the river people in their hostilities and had shown them how useless a
musket was when it had been fired. Proclaimed an outlaw in May 1797 Wilson ...
By February of the following year it was widely believed that these two were
assisting the river people in their hostilities and had shown them how useless a
musket was when it had been fired. Proclaimed an outlaw in May 1797 Wilson ...
Page 185
To cure all these evils, Wakefield believed not only should all land be sold but its
price should be fixed at a level which would automatically prevent workers from
acquiring too much too soon. Rather like the convicts under the old system of the
...
To cure all these evils, Wakefield believed not only should all land be sold but its
price should be fixed at a level which would automatically prevent workers from
acquiring too much too soon. Rather like the convicts under the old system of the
...
Page 186
Though many of these people were genuinely concerned about the physical
suffering and, as they believed, the heathen habits of colonized people, they
were aware that from now on, colonization must proceed at an accelerated rate
and that ...
Though many of these people were genuinely concerned about the physical
suffering and, as they believed, the heathen habits of colonized people, they
were aware that from now on, colonization must proceed at an accelerated rate
and that ...
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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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