The Australian Colonists Exploration of Social History 1788–1870

by Inglis, Ken

• ISBN13: 9780522845266
• ISBN10: 0522845266
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780522865462
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1988-12-31
• Publisher: Melbourne University Press
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Summary

A social history of the period from 1788 to 1870, from the beginning of British settlement of Australia to the year when the last British soldiers sailed home from the colonies. Newcomers brought with them from the old world their traditional holidays. We see them facing natural enemies in the land, and having their tranquillity shattered by bushrangers as well as rebellious convicts, military officers and gold diggers. With them we hear the sounds of distant war. We meet the men they honoured, and we read of efforts by poets and orators to turn the Australian experience into history.

Author Biography

Ken Inglis is Visiting Fellow, Australian Dictionary of Biography at the ANU and was formerly Vice-Chancellor and Professor of History at the University of Papua New Guinea. He has had a long and distinguished teaching and research career at Brown, Harvard , Cork, Hawaii, Cambridge and Rutgers Universities and is the author of nine books. He is chairman of the editorial board of the Australian Dictionary of Biography and a regular contributor to academic and general journals, newspapers and ABC radio.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Conversion Factors
Introduction
The People
Convicts	p. 4
Emigrants	p. 20
Colonists	p. 44
Holidays Old and New
The Monarch's Birthday	p. 77
The Sabbath	p. 87
St Patrick's Day	p. 102
Christmas	p. 124
New Festivals of Leisure	p. 137
Anniversary Day	p. 161
War and Peace
Natural Enemies	p. 180
Bushrangers	p. 197
Rebels	p. 209
Diggers	p. 224
The Sound of Distant War	p. 250
The Stuff of History
Australian Heroes	p. 283
She Is Not Yet	p. 320
Abbreviations	p. 325
Notes	p. 326
Bibliography	p. 357
Index	p. 362
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