The Vision Splendid: A Social and Cultural History of Rural AustraliaThe Vision Splendid seeks to restore rural Australia to a central place in Australian history by showing how it has shaped Australian culture. It focuses on the culture of work and leisure and the changing conceptions of the Bush in the Australian mind from the late eighteenth century onwards. It maps, for the first time, the development of a set of cultural values and institutions in nineteenth-century rural Australia. |
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The new act set aside several million acres exclusively for agriculture , with
selection to take place after survey . Settlers could choose between 40 and 640
acres , and the price was £l an acre . One - eighth was to be paid as a deposit
and the ...
The new act set aside several million acres exclusively for agriculture , with
selection to take place after survey . Settlers could choose between 40 and 640
acres , and the price was £l an acre . One - eighth was to be paid as a deposit
and the ...
Page 30
52 The aim of the Selection Acts , at least in part , was to produce stable rural
communities and a class of contented and prosperous settlers . Ironically , in
some areas in New South Wales , Victoria and Queensland at least , they served
...
52 The aim of the Selection Acts , at least in part , was to produce stable rural
communities and a class of contented and prosperous settlers . Ironically , in
some areas in New South Wales , Victoria and Queensland at least , they served
...
Page 304
Novels , Plays , Films and Songbooks Bailey , Bert , On Our Selection , Bert
Bailey Papers , NLA MS 6141 . Barry , Dan , The Kelly Gang , William Anderson
Collection . ML MS 1412 / 8 . Chauvel , Charles , Forty Thousand Horsemen ,
Famous ...
Novels , Plays , Films and Songbooks Bailey , Bert , On Our Selection , Bert
Bailey Papers , NLA MS 6141 . Barry , Dan , The Kelly Gang , William Anderson
Collection . ML MS 1412 / 8 . Chauvel , Charles , Forty Thousand Horsemen ,
Famous ...
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Contents
Introduction | 11 |
The Culture of Work | 75 |
The Culture of Leisure | 113 |
Copyright | |
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Aborigines agriculture allowed areas argued associated ATCJ August became Bulletin Bush capital carried cattle century changes characters Chinese claimed colonial communities companies continued course culture December developed early economic English established European families farmers farms February followed History horses houses hunting improvements included industry introduced January June kangaroos labour land late least less lived managers March Minstrel Show nineteenth century Northern noted November October organised pastoral pastoralists performed perhaps period play policies popular practice production properties prosperity Queensland racing reflected relations remained Report result River runs rural Australia Selection selectors September servants settlement settlers shearers shearing sheep shepherds social society sometimes South Wales sport squatters stations stories success Sydney Territory theatre took towns traditional travelled turn urban values Victoria wages Walkabout Western Australia women wool workers World
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Vision Splendid: A Social and Cultural History of Rural Australia |
| Author | Richard Waterhouse |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Curtin University Books, 2005 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 15 Sep 2008 |
| ISBN | 1920731059, 9781920731052 |
| Length | 320 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Australia & New Zealand History / Social History Social Science / Sociology / Rural |
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