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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Page 48
Many were imprisoned as debtors in the old goal at Sydney, later described by
Bligh as 'a miserable place'. As the land granted to the emancipists and marines
began to be acquired by the officer-traders, so a custom developed of castigating
...
Many were imprisoned as debtors in the old goal at Sydney, later described by
Bligh as 'a miserable place'. As the land granted to the emancipists and marines
began to be acquired by the officer-traders, so a custom developed of castigating
...
Page 83
Though as yet no reliable system had been developed by which human
reproductive capacity could be compared or people's physical strength as
labourers, a whole new science of ethnology was being created, having as its
unstated basis ...
Though as yet no reliable system had been developed by which human
reproductive capacity could be compared or people's physical strength as
labourers, a whole new science of ethnology was being created, having as its
unstated basis ...
Page 101
The women were in great demand partly for sexual purposes and partly because
of their bushcraft and the special expertise they developed in hunting seals and
making boats. Especially in the early days of the trade, as in Tahiti, some of ...
The women were in great demand partly for sexual purposes and partly because
of their bushcraft and the special expertise they developed in hunting seals and
making boats. Especially in the early days of the trade, as in Tahiti, some of ...
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Contents
Blueprint for Growth | 1 |
Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| 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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