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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Page 238
... argued that most Aborigines in the Territory did not work at the rate and level of European employees , the commission accepted the principle of equal wages . It also deferred implementation until December 1968 , on the grounds that its ...
... argued that most Aborigines in the Territory did not work at the rate and level of European employees , the commission accepted the principle of equal wages . It also deferred implementation until December 1968 , on the grounds that its ...
Page 252
... argued that for the Arts ' to be properly developed in Australia cultural decentralisation was essential . Others had argued that creating rural access to popular culture in the form of radio and later television was essential in order ...
... argued that for the Arts ' to be properly developed in Australia cultural decentralisation was essential . Others had argued that creating rural access to popular culture in the form of radio and later television was essential in order ...
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... argued that the gold diggers of the 1850s had developed an ethos based on mateship , democracy and nationalism , and passed it on to the itinerant shearers and rouseabouts , who turned it into a radical creed.235 When Russel Ward came ...
... argued that the gold diggers of the 1850s had developed an ethos based on mateship , democracy and nationalism , and passed it on to the itinerant shearers and rouseabouts , who turned it into a radical creed.235 When Russel Ward came ...
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
The Culture of Work | 75 |
The Culture of Leisure | 113 |
Copyright | |
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