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 93
Rather , the French were looking for a place to make a settlement similar to the
one at Port Jackson , probably on the northern coast of Bass Strait . They might
even be planning to lay claim to the whole of Van Diemen's Land . The anxiety of
...
Rather , the French were looking for a place to make a settlement similar to the
one at Port Jackson , probably on the northern coast of Bass Strait . They might
even be planning to lay claim to the whole of Van Diemen's Land . The anxiety of
...
Page 94
Some 455 persons from this little convoy landed near Sorrento on 9 October
1803.5 This first settlement at Port Phillip proved temporary . The soil was found
to be ' nothing but a complete bed of sand , and the timber was of so miserable a
kind ...
Some 455 persons from this little convoy landed near Sorrento on 9 October
1803.5 This first settlement at Port Phillip proved temporary . The soil was found
to be ' nothing but a complete bed of sand , and the timber was of so miserable a
kind ...
Page 95
Jan Kociumbas Geoffrey Bolton. arrival of the group from Port Phillip . Somewhat
reluctantly , Bowen was obliged to hand over control to Collins , who immediately
decided the site of the existing settlement at Risdon Cove was unsuitable and ...
Jan Kociumbas Geoffrey Bolton. arrival of the group from Port Phillip . Somewhat
reluctantly , Bowen was obliged to hand over control to Collins , who immediately
decided the site of the existing settlement at Risdon Cove was unsuitable 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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