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 136
... continued success of country racing . However , in those states where proprietary and pony racing were not established , the story was different . In South Australia the number of country clubs registered with the principal club , the ...
... continued success of country racing . However , in those states where proprietary and pony racing were not established , the story was different . In South Australia the number of country clubs registered with the principal club , the ...
Page 222
... continued to live in dilapidated and old - fashioned houses as they saved against hard times.97 The wool industry continued to expand between the wars with the opening , for example , of several million acres to sheep in the country ...
... continued to live in dilapidated and old - fashioned houses as they saved against hard times.97 The wool industry continued to expand between the wars with the opening , for example , of several million acres to sheep in the country ...
Page 249
... continued to offer programs that catered to a range of tastes . Melodrama was regarded as passé in the cities but throughout the 1920s rural travelling companies continued to enjoy box - office success with such staples as East Lynne ...
... continued to offer programs that catered to a range of tastes . Melodrama was regarded as passé in the cities but throughout the 1920s rural travelling companies continued to enjoy box - office success with such staples as East Lynne ...
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
The Culture of Work | 75 |
The Culture of Leisure | 113 |
Copyright | |
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