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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Page 167
... police to aid them in these tasks from 1819. By 1828 in New South Wales the ratio of police to population was 1:44 in Sydney and 1:96 in the colony overall , a very high rate compared to 1 : 1000 in English rural areas at this time ...
... police to aid them in these tasks from 1819. By 1828 in New South Wales the ratio of police to population was 1:44 in Sydney and 1:96 in the colony overall , a very high rate compared to 1 : 1000 in English rural areas at this time ...
Page 280
... Police Corps was formed under Western District squatter , Henry Dana . Presented with a green jacket , featuring opossum - skin trimmings , green and red caps , and carrying a sword , short carbine , and bayonet , sufficient young males ...
... Police Corps was formed under Western District squatter , Henry Dana . Presented with a green jacket , featuring opossum - skin trimmings , green and red caps , and carrying a sword , short carbine , and bayonet , sufficient young males ...
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... Police and Gaols , NSW LC V & P , 1839 , Pt I ; NSW LC V & P , 1835 , Final Report of the Committee on Police and Gaols , p . 419 ; G. Abbott and G. Little ( eds ) , The Respectable Sydney Merchant : A. B. Spark of Tempe , SUP , Sydney ...
... Police and Gaols , NSW LC V & P , 1839 , Pt I ; NSW LC V & P , 1835 , Final Report of the Committee on Police and Gaols , p . 419 ; G. Abbott and G. Little ( eds ) , The Respectable Sydney Merchant : A. B. Spark of Tempe , SUP , Sydney ...
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Blueprint for Growth | 1 |
Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
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