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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... period of working - class discontent . This pushed the liberals towards realization that , in order to pre - empt worker demands , certain political concessions such as manhood suffrage would eventually have to be made . As Locke had ...
... period of working - class discontent . This pushed the liberals towards realization that , in order to pre - empt worker demands , certain political concessions such as manhood suffrage would eventually have to be made . As Locke had ...
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... period in New South Wales politics has attracted more attention than it deserves , especially given the difficulty of distinguish- ing between ' gentry ' and ' squatters ' in the period up to 1842 , owing to their common interest in ...
... period in New South Wales politics has attracted more attention than it deserves , especially given the difficulty of distinguish- ing between ' gentry ' and ' squatters ' in the period up to 1842 , owing to their common interest in ...
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... period to 1860 , C. M. H. Clark's monumental six - volume A History of Australia ( Melbourne University Press , Carlton , 1962-88 ) remains unsurpassed . Clark's Volumes I - IV cover the period up to the 1880s , situating colonial life ...
... period to 1860 , C. M. H. Clark's monumental six - volume A History of Australia ( Melbourne University Press , Carlton , 1962-88 ) remains unsurpassed . Clark's Volumes I - IV cover the period up to the 1880s , situating colonial life ...
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Female Convict Experience 17881804 | 1 |
Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
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