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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labour which could be called upon by employers during times of peak production.
Meanwhile, even the work which was traditionally available to women, such as
domestic service, laundry work, millinery and dressmaking should ideally be ...
labour which could be called upon by employers during times of peak production.
Meanwhile, even the work which was traditionally available to women, such as
domestic service, laundry work, millinery and dressmaking should ideally be ...
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All of these views about the need to incarcerate recalcitrant workers instead of
employing them as a captive labour force, were dramatically opposed to the
material interests of the employer in the eastern colonies. Here, because native-
born ...
All of these views about the need to incarcerate recalcitrant workers instead of
employing them as a captive labour force, were dramatically opposed to the
material interests of the employer in the eastern colonies. Here, because native-
born ...
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service their labour was to be wholly at the command of their master, night and
day. No ex-convict was to be assigned a convict servant, though this proved
difficult to enforce. By 1835 new assignment regulations would specify that no
holder ...
service their labour was to be wholly at the command of their master, night and
day. No ex-convict was to be assigned a convict servant, though this proved
difficult to enforce. By 1835 new assignment regulations would specify that no
holder ...
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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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