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 103
... cent of the forty million sheep in New South Wales were shepherded.114 Shepherds were replaced by boundary riders who checked on the sheep , in particular making sure they had sufficient water , and repaired any damage to the fences ...
... cent of the forty million sheep in New South Wales were shepherded.114 Shepherds were replaced by boundary riders who checked on the sheep , in particular making sure they had sufficient water , and repaired any damage to the fences ...
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... cent . A series of bitter strikes followed , extending from February until June in New South Wales and lasting into October in Queensland . There were allegations that in one Queensland shed unionists told shearers working at the ...
... cent . A series of bitter strikes followed , extending from February until June in New South Wales and lasting into October in Queensland . There were allegations that in one Queensland shed unionists told shearers working at the ...
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... cent of the population lived in towns of fewer than 3000 , and there were no cities of more than 950,000 . Now only 18.5 per cent of the population live in towns of fewer than 3000 while 53.1 per cent of Australians live in cities with ...
... cent of the population lived in towns of fewer than 3000 , and there were no cities of more than 950,000 . Now only 18.5 per cent of the population live in towns of fewer than 3000 while 53.1 per cent of Australians live in cities with ...
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
The Culture of Work | 75 |
The Culture of Leisure | 113 |
Copyright | |
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