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 147
... living in pockets of unoccupied land or on thinly settled back - runs . Others
survived as fringe - dwellers and casual labourers on the edge of stations and
settlements where , though in extreme poverty , they were able to retain aspects
of ...
... living in pockets of unoccupied land or on thinly settled back - runs . Others
survived as fringe - dwellers and casual labourers on the edge of stations and
settlements where , though in extreme poverty , they were able to retain aspects
of ...
Page 301
Hargraves departed from the field with a fortune so great that even with lavish
living he did not succeed in entirely squandering it for almost a decade . In
Victoria , as soon as the news of the Bathurst discovery was confirmed , a
committee of ...
Hargraves departed from the field with a fortune so great that even with lavish
living he did not succeed in entirely squandering it for almost a decade . In
Victoria , as soon as the news of the Bathurst discovery was confirmed , a
committee of ...
Page 317
... with its goats , rats and birds , were handed over to the descendants of the
Bounty mutineers , a little community of some 150 forgotten people who had
outgrown the resources of Pitcairn Island where they had been living since 1790 .
... with its goats , rats and birds , were handed over to the descendants of the
Bounty mutineers , a little community of some 150 forgotten people who had
outgrown the resources of Pitcairn Island where they had been living since 1790 .
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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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