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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In a less happy position were the British who were relying on the goodwill and icy
harbours of the Baltic countries to supplement supplies of native oak . Mercantilist
colonies were valued not only for their productivity but also as markets for ...
In a less happy position were the British who were relying on the goodwill and icy
harbours of the Baltic countries to supplement supplies of native oak . Mercantilist
colonies were valued not only for their productivity but also as markets for ...
Page 121
As had happened so often before , French ambition stimulated the annexation of
the continent's remaining third . Where no British officer had ever surveyed the
southern coast between Cape Leeuwin and Shark Bay , no less than four French
...
As had happened so often before , French ambition stimulated the annexation of
the continent's remaining third . Where no British officer had ever surveyed the
southern coast between Cape Leeuwin and Shark Bay , no less than four French
...
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low - priced and not necessarily less - skilled services were often preferred to
those offered by the qualified ' practitioner . At the New South Wales Select
Committee on the Medical Practices Bill in 1838 , Drs Bute Stuart , Patrick Hill
and ...
low - priced and not necessarily less - skilled services were often preferred to
those offered by the qualified ' practitioner . At the New South Wales Select
Committee on the Medical Practices Bill in 1838 , Drs Bute Stuart , Patrick Hill
and ...
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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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