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 67
... turning - point in cartography and navigational science . Except for a small section of the north - east coast , the whole outline of the southern con- tinent which for so many centuries had baffled and intrigued geographers , traders ...
... turning - point in cartography and navigational science . Except for a small section of the north - east coast , the whole outline of the southern con- tinent which for so many centuries had baffled and intrigued geographers , traders ...
Page 225
... turned over to entertainment and pleasure , the numerous minor accidents suffered by these children were the result of play rather than pioneering . ' Sandy took a fall off the brown pony and hit his head against the projecting root of ...
... turned over to entertainment and pleasure , the numerous minor accidents suffered by these children were the result of play rather than pioneering . ' Sandy took a fall off the brown pony and hit his head against the projecting root of ...
Page 316
... turned into heroes , it was all too easy for reformers to speak of a need to ' explore the homes of the poor ' in order to discover the underlying ' dense stratum ' of moral and social problems of which , it was said , intoxication and ...
... turned into heroes , it was all too easy for reformers to speak of a need to ' explore the homes of the poor ' in order to discover the underlying ' dense stratum ' of moral and social problems of which , it was said , intoxication and ...
Contents
Blueprint for Growth | 1 |
Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
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