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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... land in New South Wales and subsequently in Van Diemen's Land was granted to officers , free settlers and emancipists . In interregnums between governors , when the officers effectively controlled the colony , they also assigned ...
... land in New South Wales and subsequently in Van Diemen's Land was granted to officers , free settlers and emancipists . In interregnums between governors , when the officers effectively controlled the colony , they also assigned ...
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... Van Diemen's Land were intended as prisons , but by 1815 they were also inhabited by colonists , civil and military officers , a growing number of free settlers , and emancipists , who viewed the colonies as places that offered ...
... Van Diemen's Land were intended as prisons , but by 1815 they were also inhabited by colonists , civil and military officers , a growing number of free settlers , and emancipists , who viewed the colonies as places that offered ...
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... Van Diemen's Land , noticed the absence of deference in master - servant relations and complained that convicts and servants were insolent in their attitude , disobedient , prone to theft , and always running away.96 In general the ...
... Van Diemen's Land , noticed the absence of deference in master - servant relations and complained that convicts and servants were insolent in their attitude , disobedient , prone to theft , and always running away.96 In general the ...
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
The Culture of Work | 75 |
The Culture of Leisure | 113 |
Copyright | |
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