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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... developed the practice of exiling offenders into forced labour abroad . By 1765 perhaps as few as 50 per cent of those who were sentenced were actually executed . This meant that some 1200 people were hanged annually , while the number ...
... developed the practice of exiling offenders into forced labour abroad . By 1765 perhaps as few as 50 per cent of those who were sentenced were actually executed . This meant that some 1200 people were hanged annually , while the number ...
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... developed which reached out from both colonies to enlarge the markets being developed by British and American investors , westwards to India and the Cape , and across the Pacific from the coast of Chile to China itself . Of these ...
... developed which reached out from both colonies to enlarge the markets being developed by British and American investors , westwards to India and the Cape , and across the Pacific from the coast of Chile to China itself . Of these ...
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... developed in hunting seals and making boats . Especially in the early days of the trade , as in Tahiti , some of these women went to the white men with the consent of their family , in this case as part of reciprocal arrangements for ...
... developed in hunting seals and making boats . Especially in the early days of the trade , as in Tahiti , some of these women went to the white men with the consent of their family , in this case as part of reciprocal arrangements for ...
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Blueprint for Growth | 1 |
Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
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