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 89
... families or large numbers of children . Such families selected multiple holdings in the names of wives and children that were used for grazing as well as agriculture . At the same time , the children provided a ready , cheap source of ...
... families or large numbers of children . Such families selected multiple holdings in the names of wives and children that were used for grazing as well as agriculture . At the same time , the children provided a ready , cheap source of ...
Page 114
... families . They were younger sons , whose families had given them ' their portion ' and directed them to the colonies to improve their fortunes . Yet their initial capital went into purchasing stock , feed , equipment and ( for those ...
... families . They were younger sons , whose families had given them ' their portion ' and directed them to the colonies to improve their fortunes . Yet their initial capital went into purchasing stock , feed , equipment and ( for those ...
Page 258
... families . In 1946 , however , the British - made film The Overlanders provided evidence that the Bush legend had not yet run its course , and indeed signalled its revival . The story is of a 2000 - mile cattle drive from Western ...
... families . In 1946 , however , the British - made film The Overlanders provided evidence that the Bush legend had not yet run its course , and indeed signalled its revival . The story is of a 2000 - mile cattle drive from Western ...
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
The Culture of Work | 75 |
The Culture of Leisure | 113 |
Copyright | |
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