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 72
Some of the introduced species failed , but others thrived in the mild climate and
absence of natural predators . Introduced in 1845 to be hunted as game , by
1880 foxes had spread across thousands of square miles of Victoria and South ...
Some of the introduced species failed , but others thrived in the mild climate and
absence of natural predators . Introduced in 1845 to be hunted as game , by
1880 foxes had spread across thousands of square miles of Victoria and South ...
Page 206
Despite the depredations of rabbits and foxes , Australians retained a belief in the
capacity of introduced species to benefit pastoralism and agriculture . Sometimes
this was justified . In the early twentieth century prickly pear infested millions of ...
Despite the depredations of rabbits and foxes , Australians retained a belief in the
capacity of introduced species to benefit pastoralism and agriculture . Sometimes
this was justified . In the early twentieth century prickly pear infested millions of ...
Page 207
Despite the depredations of foxes and rabbits , Australians retained a belief in the
capacity of introduced species to benefit pastoralism and agriculture . When the
cane toad was introduced in the late 1930s it was hailed as a pest destroyer ...
Despite the depredations of foxes and rabbits , Australians retained a belief in the
capacity of introduced species to benefit pastoralism and agriculture . When the
cane toad was introduced in the late 1930s it was hailed as a pest destroyer ...
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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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