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 44
They are very revengeful , and carry this passion to such an extreme ' , claimed
one early visitor to the frontier , that if one of them is killed by any one of the
settlers , the first white man met by any of the tribe of the deceased is sure to
forfeit their ...
They are very revengeful , and carry this passion to such an extreme ' , claimed
one early visitor to the frontier , that if one of them is killed by any one of the
settlers , the first white man met by any of the tribe of the deceased is sure to
forfeit their ...
Page 63
194 As racist attitudes hardened late in the century , European pastoral workers
claimed that Chinese labour threatened their jobs . Indeed , some unionists
insisted that such a perceived threat was at the heart of the bitter disputes that
divided ...
194 As racist attitudes hardened late in the century , European pastoral workers
claimed that Chinese labour threatened their jobs . Indeed , some unionists
insisted that such a perceived threat was at the heart of the bitter disputes that
divided ...
Page 201
14 Post - war politicians claimed to have learnt these lessons . As well as
providing training in agriculture and low - interest loans for purchasing the
holdings and carrying out improvements , some state governments cleared the
land to be ...
14 Post - war politicians claimed to have learnt these lessons . As well as
providing training in agriculture and low - interest loans for purchasing the
holdings and carrying out improvements , some state governments cleared the
land to be ...
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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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