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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Page 155
... incarcerated with their mothers or convicted independently of an offence .
Given the scale of the destruction of working - class family life which war ,
colonization and industrialization had caused , the number of such children was
increasing .
... incarcerated with their mothers or convicted independently of an offence .
Given the scale of the destruction of working - class family life which war ,
colonization and industrialization had caused , the number of such children was
increasing .
Page 171
... reflected their underlying need for increased reproduction which was vital to
the profitability of the free labour system . ... on the knowledge that numerous ,
separately housed family units would increase demand for manufactured goods .
... reflected their underlying need for increased reproduction which was vital to
the profitability of the free labour system . ... on the knowledge that numerous ,
separately housed family units would increase demand for manufactured goods .
Page 307
Even children of the goldfields knew how to follow the wheelbarrow of a
successful digger en route to the river , scraping up what was spilled and creating
obstacles along the way to jolt the barrow and increase the spillage . Eventually
the ...
Even children of the goldfields knew how to follow the wheelbarrow of a
successful digger en route to the river , scraping up what was spilled and creating
obstacles along the way to jolt the barrow and increase the spillage . Eventually
the ...
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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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