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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7 ' ALL THAT CAPITAL ' South Australia and Port Phillip 1835–1842 WRITING IN
ENGLAND in 1833 , political economist E. G. Wakefield ruminated sadly over the
fate of the Swan River settlement . His reflections on this , the most recent ...
7 ' ALL THAT CAPITAL ' South Australia and Port Phillip 1835–1842 WRITING IN
ENGLAND in 1833 , political economist E. G. Wakefield ruminated sadly over the
fate of the Swan River settlement . His reflections on this , the most recent ...
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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 ...
Page 187
In 1833 the area around St Vincent's Gulf was selected by a mixed group of
social reformers , colonizing theorists and investors in Britain as a suitable site to
test both their ideals and their capital . Calling themselves the South Australian ...
In 1833 the area around St Vincent's Gulf was selected by a mixed group of
social reformers , colonizing theorists and investors in Britain as a suitable site to
test both their ideals and their capital . Calling themselves the South Australian ...
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Thirty Acres | 32 |
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