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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... took their toll of harvests , while during the hot summers fire was another threat . In December 1792 James Castles , an expiree settler at Prospect Hill and a farmer by trade , had his hut accidentally burned down , ' with all his ...
... took their toll of harvests , while during the hot summers fire was another threat . In December 1792 James Castles , an expiree settler at Prospect Hill and a farmer by trade , had his hut accidentally burned down , ' with all his ...
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... took Abaroo , a girl of about fourteen orphaned by the disease , and Surgeon John White acquired Nanbaree , an Aboriginal boy . In 1796 Marsden ' adopted ' a four - year - old whom he called ' Samuel Christian ' ( or ' Tristan ' ) and ...
... took Abaroo , a girl of about fourteen orphaned by the disease , and Surgeon John White acquired Nanbaree , an Aboriginal boy . In 1796 Marsden ' adopted ' a four - year - old whom he called ' Samuel Christian ' ( or ' Tristan ' ) and ...
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... took what Hovell called ' an unfortunate tumble ' which ' not only took away part of his trousers but the front flaps of his shirt also , thereby leaving him in that state that had there been any doubts of his manhood before , these ...
... took what Hovell called ' an unfortunate tumble ' which ' not only took away part of his trousers but the front flaps of his shirt also , thereby leaving him in that state that had there been any doubts of his manhood before , these ...
Contents
Blueprint for Growth | 1 |
Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
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