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
... 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 . ' He is now a rich man , ' he observed of the typical Victorian ...
... 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 . ' He is now a rich man , ' he observed of the typical Victorian ...
Page 107
... noted that the shearers boarding the train included men dressed like stockmen , farmers , solicitors ' clerks , and factory hands . 135 It is likely , however , that the increased reliance on contract shearing in the early twentieth ...
... noted that the shearers boarding the train included men dressed like stockmen , farmers , solicitors ' clerks , and factory hands . 135 It is likely , however , that the increased reliance on contract shearing in the early twentieth ...
Page 115
... noted for its ' pillared and balconied front ' , set in an English - style garden.8 Frederick Manton's homestead , some forty miles from Melbourne , was noted for its thatched roof , french windows and verandahed front . The more ...
... noted for its ' pillared and balconied front ' , set in an English - style garden.8 Frederick Manton's homestead , some forty miles from Melbourne , was noted for its thatched roof , french windows and verandahed front . The more ...
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
The Culture of Work | 75 |
The Culture of Leisure | 113 |
Copyright | |
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