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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... bears his name.6 Following these disappointments , the Spanish virtually
abandoned exploration of the south - west Pacific and the task of defining the
mysterious southern land more precisely passed to Holland , an emerging
trading state .
... bears his name.6 Following these disappointments , the Spanish virtually
abandoned exploration of the south - west Pacific and the task of defining the
mysterious southern land more precisely passed to Holland , an emerging
trading state .
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11 As with ocean exploration , now in the invasion of continents , science and the
state were needed to support and protect the interests of investors , but where
mercantilist capitalism had harnessed navigational science and navies to its ...
11 As with ocean exploration , now in the invasion of continents , science and the
state were needed to support and protect the interests of investors , but where
mercantilist capitalism had harnessed navigational science and navies to its ...
Page 133
Native - born son of an early , 30 - acre settler , Hume had made his first journey
of exploration as far as Berrima in 1812 , aided by an Aboriginal boy . In 1818 , in
a party which included ex - convict James Meehan , Hume reached southwards ...
Native - born son of an early , 30 - acre settler , Hume had made his first journey
of exploration as far as Berrima in 1812 , aided by an Aboriginal boy . In 1818 , in
a party which included ex - convict James Meehan , Hume reached southwards ...
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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 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 4 Dec 2017 |
| ISBN | 0195546105, 9780195546101 |
| Length | 397 pages |
| Subjects | › Religion / Comparative Religion |
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