Australian Colonial History project (personal project at the moment... but trying to rope in others)

Colonial Australia page

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I'd like to make a page on Colonial Australia which gives an overview of life in the colony, issues, etc, more from a social history POV than the existing History of Australia before 1901. Possible section headings:

  • Settlement
  • Government/politics/law
  • Population
  • Economy
  • Family life
  • Crime and punishment
  • Culture
  • Representations in literature, film, etc

Categories

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There should be better coverage of Australian history in the categories on WP.

Existing categories to fill out:

As yet unformed (or unknown) categories:

  • an overall Australian History category
  • Australian colonial people
  • Australian exploration

Coverage of important categories of stuff

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People:

  • Governors of colonies
  • Explorers
  • Bushrangers
  • important colonial figures eg major landowners, businessmen, politicians, etc

Places:

Events:

Other: