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 67
Once established , squatters discovered that it was unwise to leave their families
home alone , for that left them vulnerable to robbery and physical assault .
Bushrangers commonly raided the homesteads of squatters and farmers ,
stealing ...
Once established , squatters discovered that it was unwise to leave their families
home alone , for that left them vulnerable to robbery and physical assault .
Bushrangers commonly raided the homesteads of squatters and farmers ,
stealing ...
Page 78
Shepherds treated scab by making a cut on the infection and then pouring a
mixture of tobaccowater and turpentine over it . 15 When a run was first
established , the master and his men lived in primitive conditions , camping under
sheets of ...
Shepherds treated scab by making a cut on the infection and then pouring a
mixture of tobaccowater and turpentine over it . 15 When a run was first
established , the master and his men lived in primitive conditions , camping under
sheets of ...
Page 132
Looking back on the nineteenth - century history of rural Australia , EC Buley
noted that when a new town was set up the first concern of the pioneers was to
establish a cemetery , and the second to establish a racecourse . 88 This was a
slight ...
Looking back on the nineteenth - century history of rural Australia , EC Buley
noted that when a new town was set up the first concern of the pioneers was to
establish a cemetery , and the second to establish a racecourse . 88 This was a
slight ...
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Contents
Introduction | 11 |
The Culture of Work | 75 |
The Culture of Leisure | 113 |
Copyright | |
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