Australian Colonists

Exploration of Social History 1788-1870

By: Ken Inglis

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Paperback | 14 June 2024 | Edition Number 1

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A social history of the period from 1788 to 1870.

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.

In his inimitable fashion Inglis tells the story of convicts, currency lads and emigrants settling into their new land. The newcomers brought with them from the old world their traditional holidays and made their own fetes in the new. 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.

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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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Exploration of Social History 1788-1870

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