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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Such a relationship could have proved very dangerous to the authorities ,
especially during the dry summers at the turn of the century , when it was feared
that either of these troublesome groups of people might set fire to the ripening or
...
Such a relationship could have proved very dangerous to the authorities ,
especially during the dry summers at the turn of the century , when it was feared
that either of these troublesome groups of people might set fire to the ripening or
...
Page 173
This was especially evident at Parramatta where the new Factory , specially
designed by Francis Greenaway to accommodate 300 women , contained six
solitary cells and was surrounded by a wall almost ten feet high . In Hobart , the
Factory ...
This was especially evident at Parramatta where the new Factory , specially
designed by Francis Greenaway to accommodate 300 women , contained six
solitary cells and was surrounded by a wall almost ten feet high . In Hobart , the
Factory ...
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35 C. Sturt , Journal of the Central Australian Expedition 1844–45 , edited by J.
Waterhouse , Caliban , London , 1984 , pp . 2 , 7–8 ; T. Mitchell , Journal of an
Expedition into Tropical Australia , Longman , London , 1848 , especially pp . 332
-3 .
35 C. Sturt , Journal of the Central Australian Expedition 1844–45 , edited by J.
Waterhouse , Caliban , London , 1984 , pp . 2 , 7–8 ; T. Mitchell , Journal of an
Expedition into Tropical Australia , Longman , London , 1848 , especially pp . 332
-3 .
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