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 76
... course , this indicated that the colony was no longer dependent on imported food , but on the other it meant that if farming and grazing were to continue to expand , export commodities would have to be found.3 From their beginnings New ...
... course , this indicated that the colony was no longer dependent on imported food , but on the other it meant that if farming and grazing were to continue to expand , export commodities would have to be found.3 From their beginnings New ...
Page 143
... courses , unknown outside the capitals in the 1890s , were now common rural landmarks.127 These sports were used to promote both social elitism and egalitarianism . The squatters embraced them with enthusiasm . On large and wealthy ...
... courses , unknown outside the capitals in the 1890s , were now common rural landmarks.127 These sports were used to promote both social elitism and egalitarianism . The squatters embraced them with enthusiasm . On large and wealthy ...
Page 288
... course . See ATCJ , 27 January 1904. In many towns , like Scone in the Hunter Valley , the golf course remained in the centre of the race - course until recent times . 131 Bobby Watson , Fifty Years Behind the Scenes : Being the ...
... course . See ATCJ , 27 January 1904. In many towns , like Scone in the Hunter Valley , the golf course remained in the centre of the race - course until recent times . 131 Bobby Watson , Fifty Years Behind the Scenes : Being the ...
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
The Culture of Work | 75 |
The Culture of Leisure | 113 |
Copyright | |
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