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 132
88 This was a slight exaggeration , but it is certainly true that horse racing
became more quickly established and more widespread in the Bush than any
other sport . Given the absence of methods of efficiently and safely transporting
horses ...
88 This was a slight exaggeration , but it is certainly true that horse racing
became more quickly established and more widespread in the Bush than any
other sport . Given the absence of methods of efficiently and safely transporting
horses ...
Page 134
At many courses grandstand facilities were nonexistent and so women watched
the races mounted on their horses , sometimes ... 93 The passion of rural
Australians for horse racing was maintained and probably deepened after mid -
century .
At many courses grandstand facilities were nonexistent and so women watched
the races mounted on their horses , sometimes ... 93 The passion of rural
Australians for horse racing was maintained and probably deepened after mid -
century .
Page 246
189 As it had been in the nineteenth century , horse racing remained a popular
rural pastime . ... As a result , country trainers preferred to run their horses on city
tracks , a decision facilitated by the introduction of motorised horse transport in ...
189 As it had been in the nineteenth century , horse racing remained a popular
rural pastime . ... As a result , country trainers preferred to run their horses on city
tracks , a decision facilitated by the introduction of motorised horse transport in ...
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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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