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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... farmers producing and selling not only milk but butter and cheese as well . Most dairy farms were in coastal districts , and throughout the nineteenth century those who engaged in dairying were usually also involved in other forms of ...
... farmers producing and selling not only milk but butter and cheese as well . Most dairy farms were in coastal districts , and throughout the nineteenth century those who engaged in dairying were usually also involved in other forms of ...
Page 203
... farmers on marginal wheat - growing land , which was highly susceptible to drought and expensive to farm . With the collapse of prices in the Depression years , many farms simply became uneconomic.25 Selection failed because of ...
... farmers on marginal wheat - growing land , which was highly susceptible to drought and expensive to farm . With the collapse of prices in the Depression years , many farms simply became uneconomic.25 Selection failed because of ...
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... farms into larger units after 1945 contributed to a revived wheat industry and the further loss of rural population . Not only were fewer farm workers needed , but many small farmers , including soldier settlers , did not possess the ...
... farms into larger units after 1945 contributed to a revived wheat industry and the further loss of rural population . Not only were fewer farm workers needed , but many small farmers , including soldier settlers , did not possess the ...
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
The Culture of Work | 75 |
The Culture of Leisure | 113 |
Copyright | |
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