The Oxford History of Australia, Volume 2Geoffrey Bolton The 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 volume traces 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 121
... interest in the fertile south- west portion of the continent to which the French had already theoretically laid claim . Indeed , it was true that by this time economic and political change in France was creating a pool of convicts who ...
... interest in the fertile south- west portion of the continent to which the French had already theoretically laid claim . Indeed , it was true that by this time economic and political change in France was creating a pool of convicts who ...
Page 124
... interest in this industry had been growing across the eighteenth century in an effort to reduce reliance on imports from the traditional supplier , Spain . Already , in 1789 that indefatigable collector , Joseph Banks , had been able to ...
... interest in this industry had been growing across the eighteenth century in an effort to reduce reliance on imports from the traditional supplier , Spain . Already , in 1789 that indefatigable collector , Joseph Banks , had been able to ...
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... interest in science had never been greater , both for the challenges it presented to religious explanations of human origins and behaviour and for its promise of ameliorating so many of the problems of the age . The findings of physical ...
... interest in science had never been greater , both for the challenges it presented to religious explanations of human origins and behaviour and for its promise of ameliorating so many of the problems of the age . The findings of physical ...
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Female Convict Experience 17881804 | 1 |
Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
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