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Part 2

1820s to 1900: Wool, Gold, Bust and then Federation

IN THIS PART …

 Understand why Britain belatedly tried to introduce more order, efficiency and discipline into the convict system and colonial life in general in the 1820s — and why in the 1840s Britain began getting out of the whole convict thing, and transportation to NSW ended.

 Find out more about the newly self-governing Australian colonies hitting the gold jackpot — pulling the colonies out of the chronic slackness of the 1840s global depression, triggering a long boom that lasted more than 30 years, and transforming the shape and nature of colonial society.

 Discover how the 1850s to 1880s saw rapid expansion in cities, settlement, exploration, transportation and technology — and a growth in ‘larrikinism’ and bushranging.

 Examine the factors that led to Australia being christened a ‘workingman’s paradise’ — until the boom stopped and, in the new austerity, people started thinking about nationhood.