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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... to chart what proved to be the eastern coastline of New Holland . Two days
later a landing was made at Sting - ray Harbour ( later named Botany Bay ) where
, having fired at the local people , the party remained undisturbed for over a week
.
... to chart what proved to be the eastern coastline of New Holland . Two days
later a landing was made at Sting - ray Harbour ( later named Botany Bay ) where
, having fired at the local people , the party remained undisturbed for over a week
.
Page 132
Equally reluctant to share its secrets with the invaders , this river confronted their
whale - boat first with rapids , fallen timber and a shallow , shingly bed and later ,
as its current quickened , with over - arching branches which ripped off the ...
Equally reluctant to share its secrets with the invaders , this river confronted their
whale - boat first with rapids , fallen timber and a shallow , shingly bed and later ,
as its current quickened , with over - arching branches which ripped off the ...
Page 301
Two years later he arrived in New South Wales where he worked at a station
near Bathurst , gathered bêche - de - mer and tortoiseshell in Torres Strait , and
in 1834 acquired 100 acres near Wollongong . In July 1849 he was one of those
...
Two years later he arrived in New South Wales where he worked at a station
near Bathurst , gathered bêche - de - mer and tortoiseshell in Torres Strait , and
in 1834 acquired 100 acres near Wollongong . In July 1849 he was one of those
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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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