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 70
226 The agricultural techniques followed by colonial farmers also damaged the
environment , for there was little concern with the conservation and preservation
of existing resources . 227 As early as 1804 Governor King was complaining that
...
226 The agricultural techniques followed by colonial farmers also damaged the
environment , for there was little concern with the conservation and preservation
of existing resources . 227 As early as 1804 Governor King was complaining that
...
Page 148
A return Sydney season was followed by a tour of western New South Wales
along the routes of the Great Southern and Western Lines . Coles Circus ,
claimed as the largest circus to visit , confined its 1881 itinerary to the capitals
and towns ...
A return Sydney season was followed by a tour of western New South Wales
along the routes of the Great Southern and Western Lines . Coles Circus ,
claimed as the largest circus to visit , confined its 1881 itinerary to the capitals
and towns ...
Page 223
A series of bitter strikes followed , extending from February until June in New
South Wales and lasting into October in Queensland . There were allegations
that in one Queensland shed unionists told shearers working at the reduced rates
that ...
A series of bitter strikes followed , extending from February until June in New
South Wales and lasting into October in Queensland . There were allegations
that in one Queensland shed unionists told shearers working at the reduced rates
that ...
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Contents
Introduction | 11 |
The Culture of Work | 75 |
The Culture of Leisure | 113 |
Copyright | |
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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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