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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In contrast with the essentially anarchistic protest of the British Luddites or the
colonial bushrangers , by the 1840s factory workers were beginning to develop a
critique of liberal theories of society in which a clear counter - ideology was ...
In contrast with the essentially anarchistic protest of the British Luddites or the
colonial bushrangers , by the 1840s factory workers were beginning to develop a
critique of liberal theories of society in which a clear counter - ideology was ...
Page 217
... such as The Star and Working Man's Guardian which still urged workers to
combine against the ' vampire capitalists ' . ... the depression was also diffused in
Sydney when the new Legislative Council took some action to alleviate worker ...
... such as The Star and Working Man's Guardian which still urged workers to
combine against the ' vampire capitalists ' . ... the depression was also diffused in
Sydney when the new Legislative Council took some action to alleviate worker ...
Page 296
As a means of recruiting ex - convict workers , the new ' exile system ' was
providing the wrong kind of workers in the wrong place at the wrong time . Exiles
were convicts who , like probationers , had previously been admitted to one of the
new ...
As a means of recruiting ex - convict workers , the new ' exile system ' was
providing the wrong kind of workers in the wrong place at the wrong time . Exiles
were convicts who , like probationers , had previously been admitted to one of the
new ...
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Blueprint for Growth | 1 |
Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
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