Title The land of dreams : how Australians won their freedom 1788-1860 / David Kemp

Edition First Published Carlton, Victoria : The Miegunyah Press, 2018 Carlton, Victoria : Miegunyah Press, 2018 ©2018

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Description x, 501 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm Series Australian Liberalism series ; 1 Second numbered series of the Miegunyah volumes ; 180 Australian Liberalism series ; 1 Miegunyah Press series. Series 2 ; 180 Contents 1. The liberal project -- 2. Ideas of the foundation -- 3. Convicts and freedom -- 4. The liberal colonial reform project -- 5. Liberty and patriots -- 6. Chartists and free traders -- 7. Elections and the land -- 8. To share in the general freedom -- 9. Radical reform agendas: Marx and Mill -- 10. The Anti-Transportation League -- 11. Independence within the empire -- 12. Libertarian liberalism -- 13. A Whig constituency -- 14. Radical democracy Summary "The Land of Dreams: How Australians Won Their Freedom, 1788-1860 tells the story of how Australians became a free people, gaining the liberties they desired to take control of their own lives, the right to govern themselves and the capacity to address their own political problems through democratic institutions" -- inside front cover Analysis Australian Australian history Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 462-478) and index Subject Constitutional history -- Australia -- 1788-1900 Democracy -- Australia -- History -- 1788-1900 Liberalism -- Australia -- History -- 1788-1900 Liberalism -- Australia -- History. SUBJECT Australia -- History -- 1788-1900. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009593 Australia -- Politics and government -- To 1900. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009598 LC no. be2018033869 ISBN 9780522873337 (hardback)

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