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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... increasing in number throughout the eighteenth century as capital created from overseas trade became available for ... increased the pressure on human resources . Like the merchants and landholders the new factory owners had a special ...
... increasing in number throughout the eighteenth century as capital created from overseas trade became available for ... increased the pressure on human resources . Like the merchants and landholders the new factory owners had a special ...
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... increased from a mere 4000 lbs shipped by Marsden in 1812 , to 35 000 lbs by 1813. By 1821 New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land sent nearly 200 000 lbs of wool to England , and the pastoral invasion of the continent was under way . In ...
... increased from a mere 4000 lbs shipped by Marsden in 1812 , to 35 000 lbs by 1813. By 1821 New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land sent nearly 200 000 lbs of wool to England , and the pastoral invasion of the continent was under way . In ...
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... increased reproduction which was vital to the profitability of the free labour system . Their ideal of establishing ... increasing . Catholic Vicar - General , W. B. Ulla- thorne , who arrived in Sydney in 1833 , was concerned about male ...
... increased reproduction which was vital to the profitability of the free labour system . Their ideal of establishing ... increasing . Catholic Vicar - General , W. B. Ulla- thorne , who arrived in Sydney in 1833 , was concerned about male ...
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Blueprint for Growth | 1 |
Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
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