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Page 37
Geoffrey Curgenven Bolton. departure from mercantilist practice. Joined by any
marines who could be persuaded to stay, these people and their farms would
provide a useful buffer zone between the new colonial base and the possibly
hostile ...
Geoffrey Curgenven Bolton. departure from mercantilist practice. Joined by any
marines who could be persuaded to stay, these people and their farms would
provide a useful buffer zone between the new colonial base and the possibly
hostile ...
Page 45
Daunting problems faced those convicts who chose hard labour and wedded
bliss on small parcels of farming land of their own. For despite the
encouragement of material aid provided by the governors, these farmers needed
additional ...
Daunting problems faced those convicts who chose hard labour and wedded
bliss on small parcels of farming land of their own. For despite the
encouragement of material aid provided by the governors, these farmers needed
additional ...
Page 47
It followed that for large dealers like the officer-farmers, the government market
for local grain and meat was virtually a source of foreign exchange. This was the
reason that so many of them had turned to farming from 1795. The high prices ...
It followed that for large dealers like the officer-farmers, the government market
for local grain and meat was virtually a source of foreign exchange. This was the
reason that so many of them had turned to farming from 1795. The high prices ...
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Contents
Blueprint for Growth | 1 |
Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Oxford History of Australia: 1770-1860, possessions Volume 2 of The Oxford History of Australia, Geoffrey Bolton, ISBN 0195546121, 9780195546125 |
| Editor | Geoffrey Curgenven Bolton |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1992 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 4 Dec 2017 |
| ISBN | 0195546105, 9780195546101 |
| Length | 426 pages |
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