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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Page 31
On the one hand 'incorrigible females' had to be sent to the coal works at
Newcastle in order to prevent overcrowding in the manufactory. On the other,
women saw the new institution less as a workhouse than as a shelter where, for
the first ...
On the one hand 'incorrigible females' had to be sent to the coal works at
Newcastle in order to prevent overcrowding in the manufactory. On the other,
women saw the new institution less as a workhouse than as a shelter where, for
the first ...
Page 94
Twenty-one male convict labourers were sent to prepare the ground for the first
sowing of grain and, to serve them, three female convicts were provided. Nine
cows, one bull, twenty-five ewes and two rams also disembarked from the little ...
Twenty-one male convict labourers were sent to prepare the ground for the first
sowing of grain and, to serve them, three female convicts were provided. Nine
cows, one bull, twenty-five ewes and two rams also disembarked from the little ...
Page 146
When the institution opened in January 1815 it had only five inmates, and by
1820, even counting children taken as prisoners during the frontier wars and sent
to the school, there had been only thirty-seven admissions, ten of whom had
either ...
When the institution opened in January 1815 it had only five inmates, and by
1820, even counting children taken as prisoners during the frontier wars and sent
to the school, there had been only thirty-seven admissions, ten of whom had
either ...
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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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