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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... characters , language and humour from that ubiquitous and enduring nineteenth - century stereotype , the minstrel show ' Negro ' . This stage character was originally intended as a caricature of the character and culture of African ...
... characters , language and humour from that ubiquitous and enduring nineteenth - century stereotype , the minstrel show ' Negro ' . This stage character was originally intended as a caricature of the character and culture of African ...
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... characters as embodying quintessential Australian values and attitudes , a tradition stretching back to the Bulletin ... characters through radio , film and television . When Roo , the character who embodies all the character- istics of ...
... characters as embodying quintessential Australian values and attitudes , a tradition stretching back to the Bulletin ... characters through radio , film and television . When Roo , the character who embodies all the character- istics of ...
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... characters , capable of atrocious deeds but also embodying a spirit of freedom and vitality . When it was proposed to stage the play during the Melbourne Olympics as a showcase of Australian culture , the political and cultural ...
... characters , capable of atrocious deeds but also embodying a spirit of freedom and vitality . When it was proposed to stage the play during the Melbourne Olympics as a showcase of Australian culture , the political and cultural ...
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
The Culture of Work | 75 |
The Culture of Leisure | 113 |
Copyright | |
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