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 122
In due course it was decided that the settlement would be a crown colony
governed by Stirling but largely developed by outside capital . Large grants of
land were to be made to independent settlers in proportion to the number of
labourers and ...
In due course it was decided that the settlement would be a crown colony
governed by Stirling but largely developed by outside capital . Large grants of
land were to be made to independent settlers in proportion to the number of
labourers and ...
Page 142
In April 1816 when Dharuk resistance along the Hawkesbury , Grose , and
Nepean Rivers was forcing some settlers to abandon their farms , Macquarie
responded by sending three detachments of troops to cleanse these areas which
he ...
In April 1816 when Dharuk resistance along the Hawkesbury , Grose , and
Nepean Rivers was forcing some settlers to abandon their farms , Macquarie
responded by sending three detachments of troops to cleanse these areas which
he ...
Page 179
The first colony being founded exclusively by private capitalists , many settlers
arrived fully qualified for a grant of good land which could not be supplied and
with little if any alternative outlet for capital . Nor could they add to their income
from ...
The first colony being founded exclusively by private capitalists , many settlers
arrived fully qualified for a grant of good land which could not be supplied and
with little if any alternative outlet for capital . Nor could they add to their income
from ...
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Contents
Female Convict Experience 17881804 | 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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