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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... Norfolk Island . Sent back to England by Phillip in March 1790 to report on the difficulties faced by the settlement , when King returned to the island in November 1791 he was accompanied by a new wife , Anna Coombe , who six weeks ...
... Norfolk Island . Sent back to England by Phillip in March 1790 to report on the difficulties faced by the settlement , when King returned to the island in November 1791 he was accompanied by a new wife , Anna Coombe , who six weeks ...
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... Norfolk Island in 1796 , perhaps moved by concern for his own . illegitimate offspring , he had established an institution for ' such orphan female children as have lost or been deserted by their parents ' who were ' of such an age as ...
... Norfolk Island in 1796 , perhaps moved by concern for his own . illegitimate offspring , he had established an institution for ' such orphan female children as have lost or been deserted by their parents ' who were ' of such an age as ...
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... Norfolk Island . 21 Though the men enjoyed commercial opportunities denied to the women , their official punishments were brutal in the extreme . On the transports , where numerous schemes were laid by the male convicts to seize the ...
... Norfolk Island . 21 Though the men enjoyed commercial opportunities denied to the women , their official punishments were brutal in the extreme . On the transports , where numerous schemes were laid by the male convicts to seize the ...
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Blueprint for Growth | 1 |
Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
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