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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By July Phillip realized that supplies of provisions would have to be sent from
England for at least four or five years . Medical supplies ... Leather was needed
for mending shoes , and thread to repair clothing was in short supply . Even on
the ...
By July Phillip realized that supplies of provisions would have to be sent from
England for at least four or five years . Medical supplies ... Leather was needed
for mending shoes , and thread to repair clothing was in short supply . Even on
the ...
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Even if they produced none of these things , colonies were still needed as
strategic bases to cut off the trade of rivals and protect one's own . They might
also reduce dependence on foreign sources of needed goods , or more important
, supply ...
Even if they produced none of these things , colonies were still needed as
strategic bases to cut off the trade of rivals and protect one's own . They might
also reduce dependence on foreign sources of needed goods , or more important
, supply ...
Page 103
In Tahiti , aware that the local supply of foods like coconuts , breadfruit and pork
were quickly exhausted , to offset future ... had flourished and by 1793 , the first of
numerous cargoes of pork was collected to augment food supplies in New South
...
In Tahiti , aware that the local supply of foods like coconuts , breadfruit and pork
were quickly exhausted , to offset future ... had flourished and by 1793 , the first of
numerous cargoes of pork was collected to augment food supplies in New South
...
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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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