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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... plans for the penal settlements . According to Lord Sydney , the presence of the convict women was essential in order to prevent those ' gross irregularities and disorders ' which , he said , would neces- sarily arise otherwise ...
... plans for the penal settlements . According to Lord Sydney , the presence of the convict women was essential in order to prevent those ' gross irregularities and disorders ' which , he said , would neces- sarily arise otherwise ...
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... plans of the authorities . Thus , although women were supposed only to go to the manu- factory before being selected as housekeepers and servants , already Governor King had doubts about the efficacy of any plan which proposed ' to lock ...
... plans of the authorities . Thus , although women were supposed only to go to the manu- factory before being selected as housekeepers and servants , already Governor King had doubts about the efficacy of any plan which proposed ' to lock ...
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... plans to dispatch a new British expedition to the South Seas in 1768. It was then fifty - two years since Edmond Halley had published a paper explaining that a transit of Venus was a useful means of calculating the distance of the sun ...
... plans to dispatch a new British expedition to the South Seas in 1768. It was then fifty - two years since Edmond Halley had published a paper explaining that a transit of Venus was a useful means of calculating the distance of the sun ...
Contents
Female Convict Experience 17881804 | 1 |
Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
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