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 18
Distrustful of society based on individualism and economic competition , they
established town - based colonies , in which each ... In the eighteenth century the
New England economy became more commercial and society less communal .
Distrustful of society based on individualism and economic competition , they
established town - based colonies , in which each ... In the eighteenth century the
New England economy became more commercial and society less communal .
Page 166
11 Governor Macquarie ' s plan for the interior involved the establishment of both
agricultural and pastoral economies . ... 13 Only Evans , a man of modest social
and economic status , ventured to agree with Macquarie that the western lands ...
11 Governor Macquarie ' s plan for the interior involved the establishment of both
agricultural and pastoral economies . ... 13 Only Evans , a man of modest social
and economic status , ventured to agree with Macquarie that the western lands ...
Page 209
In any case , the initial successes of these relatively modest projects were not
enough to sustain a continued widespread belief in the virtues of a rural economy
based on small holdings . In 1925 the Royal Commissioners evaluating soldier ...
In any case , the initial successes of these relatively modest projects were not
enough to sustain a continued widespread belief in the virtues of a rural economy
based on small holdings . In 1925 the Royal Commissioners evaluating soldier ...
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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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