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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... sent with the First Fleet had proved useless , and no windmills had yet been constructed . Two master millers sent out by the British authorities had proved unequal to the task . In February 1794 a male convict died after eating two ...
... sent with the First Fleet had proved useless , and no windmills had yet been constructed . Two master millers sent out by the British authorities had proved unequal to the task . In February 1794 a male convict died after eating two ...
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... sent the Emilia , manned with experienced Nantucket men , around the Horn and on to a successful venture . Five out of six of the Third Fleet vessels were British whalers and interest in the area was further aroused from 1796 when war ...
... sent the Emilia , manned with experienced Nantucket men , around the Horn and on to a successful venture . Five out of six of the Third Fleet vessels were British whalers and interest in the area was further aroused from 1796 when war ...
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... sent to Macquarie Harbour . In 1824 he was one of a group of convicts who escaped from the penal settlement and sailed a boat to the Derwent River . For the next two years Brady managed both to evade capture and to establish a romantic ...
... sent to Macquarie Harbour . In 1824 he was one of a group of convicts who escaped from the penal settlement and sailed a boat to the Derwent River . For the next two years Brady managed both to evade capture and to establish a romantic ...
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Blueprint for Growth | 1 |
Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
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