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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 64
Page 65
... seen to lie in natural science , where methodology was based upon building up an encyclopaedic fund of knowledge , so that no page in the Baconian ' Book of Nature ' remained unturned . Ideally , the properties of every rock anywhere on ...
... seen to lie in natural science , where methodology was based upon building up an encyclopaedic fund of knowledge , so that no page in the Baconian ' Book of Nature ' remained unturned . Ideally , the properties of every rock anywhere on ...
Page 171
... seen as the solution to all these problems . Instead of making marriage and family life impossible for the labouring masses , as the old mercantilist ruling class had done , these people wanted to make it compulsory . 33 The assignment ...
... seen as the solution to all these problems . Instead of making marriage and family life impossible for the labouring masses , as the old mercantilist ruling class had done , these people wanted to make it compulsory . 33 The assignment ...
Page 250
... seen as a popular leader in the struggle against the ' tyranny ' of governors and the Colonial Office , had a three months ' gaol sentence commuted after some 1400 gentlemen petitioned the new Governor , Sir John Franklin , on his ...
... seen as a popular leader in the struggle against the ' tyranny ' of governors and the Colonial Office , had a three months ' gaol sentence commuted after some 1400 gentlemen petitioned the new Governor , Sir John Franklin , on his ...
Contents
Female Convict Experience 17881804 | 1 |
Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
Copyright | |
7 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
A. G. L. Shaw Aboriginal acres Angus & Robertson arrived Australian colonies B. H. Fletcher Bass Strait Bligh Botany Bay Britain British Cape capital Clark Collins colony's convict labourers convict women culture developed Diemen's Land diggers early economic emancipists emigrants England especially European ex-convict expedition exploration Factory farming female Flinders gold Governor grant Hawkesbury Hobart HRNSW Hunter ideal immigrants industry institutions James John Journal JRAHS L. E. Threlkeld liberal London Macarthur Macquarie male convicts Melbourne missionaries moral Norfolk Island NSW LC V&P officers Pacific Parramatta pastoral pastoralists Pemulwuy penal police political population Port Jackson Port Phillip Press problem punishment reformers Report savage schools scientific Select Committee servants settlement settlers sexual sheep ships social Society South Australia South Wales South Wales Corps Swan River Sydney Tasmanian theorists theory trade Transportation Van Diemen's Land Victoria voyage William workers