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 79
The English novelist Anthony Trollope , visiting Victoria in the early 1870s , noted
that the ' parks ' surrounding the squatters ' houses were still ' much as nature
fashioned them , and the roads and fences on their properties remained primitive
.
The English novelist Anthony Trollope , visiting Victoria in the early 1870s , noted
that the ' parks ' surrounding the squatters ' houses were still ' much as nature
fashioned them , and the roads and fences on their properties remained primitive
.
Page 107
Travelling through the far west of New South Wales in the early years of the
twentieth century , CEW Bean noted that the shearers boarding the train included
men dressed like stockmen , farmers , solicitors ' clerks , and factory hands . 135 It
is ...
Travelling through the far west of New South Wales in the early years of the
twentieth century , CEW Bean noted that the shearers boarding the train included
men dressed like stockmen , farmers , solicitors ' clerks , and factory hands . 135 It
is ...
Page 115
Thomas Wills ' s estate on the Yarra , which he acquired in the 1840s , consisted
of a house noted for its ' pillared and balconied front , set in an English - style
garden . 8 Frederick Manton ' s homestead , some forty miles from Melbourne ,
was ...
Thomas Wills ' s estate on the Yarra , which he acquired in the 1840s , consisted
of a house noted for its ' pillared and balconied front , set in an English - style
garden . 8 Frederick Manton ' s homestead , some forty miles from Melbourne ,
was ...
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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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