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 121
... hunting . Charlotte Wright , a settler on the Dawson River in Queensland , recalled hunting turkeys and ' bustards ' from a buggy , while Brigid Grover , a Western Australian farmer's wife , participated equally with her husband in ...
... hunting . Charlotte Wright , a settler on the Dawson River in Queensland , recalled hunting turkeys and ' bustards ' from a buggy , while Brigid Grover , a Western Australian farmer's wife , participated equally with her husband in ...
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... hunting was proclaimed as the ' Fox hunting of the Antipodes'.45 Organised hunting served a multiplicity of needs . To begin with , it filled a social purpose . Many of the chases organised by the squatter - dominated hunt clubs were ...
... hunting was proclaimed as the ' Fox hunting of the Antipodes'.45 Organised hunting served a multiplicity of needs . To begin with , it filled a social purpose . Many of the chases organised by the squatter - dominated hunt clubs were ...
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... hunting diminished in importance as a squatter pastime . Hunting had another practical purpose , for it provided rural Australians with food . In the early days of the frontier beef was expensive and scarce , and many farmers relied ...
... hunting diminished in importance as a squatter pastime . Hunting had another practical purpose , for it provided rural Australians with food . In the early days of the frontier beef was expensive and scarce , and many farmers relied ...
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
The Culture of Work | 75 |
The Culture of Leisure | 113 |
Copyright | |
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