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" Settler society in the Australian colonies : "
Angela Woollacott
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BL
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624488
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dltt
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| Main Entry
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Woollacott, Angela,1955-
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| Title & Author
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Settler society in the Australian colonies : : self-government and imperial culture /\ Angela Woollacott
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First edition
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xii, 227 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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9780199641802
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: 0199641803
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-222) and index
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| Contents
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Creating settler society : an introduction -- Settler family networks, imperial connections -- Systematic colonization : from south Australia to Australind -- Settler men as masters of labour : convicts and non-white workers -- Responsible government in an imperial context -- Settler women, work, and debating the gender of citizenship -- Frontier violence and political manhood -- The Australian colonies and imperial crises : the Indian 'Mutiny' and the 'Maori Wars' -- In conclusion : staking claims to land, labour, and self-government
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| Abstract
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Examines the rising numbers of free settlers from the 1820s to the 1860s, their dependence on Aboriginal, immigrant, and convict under-paid laborers, and the slow development of representative government
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Australia, History, 1788-1851.
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Australia, Colonization
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Great Britain, Colonies, Oceania.
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| Dewey Classification
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994/.02
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DU115.W66 2015
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