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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First , because of the expansion of the pastoral industry into far western
Queensland , the Northern Territory and the northern areas of Western Australia ,
the vast majority of Australia ' s land was still used for grazing . Moreover , in
areas suited ...
First , because of the expansion of the pastoral industry into far western
Queensland , the Northern Territory and the northern areas of Western Australia ,
the vast majority of Australia ' s land was still used for grazing . Moreover , in
areas suited ...
Page 63
194 As racist attitudes hardened late in the century , European pastoral workers
claimed that Chinese labour threatened their jobs . Indeed , some unionists
insisted that such a perceived threat was at the heart of the bitter disputes that
divided ...
194 As racist attitudes hardened late in the century , European pastoral workers
claimed that Chinese labour threatened their jobs . Indeed , some unionists
insisted that such a perceived threat was at the heart of the bitter disputes that
divided ...
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130 SS Ick - Hewins and JW Allen , The Pastoral Employment Guide , n . p . 131
APR , 16 November 1928 , 16 November 1928 . 132 Walkabout , 1 May 1936 ;
JW Bleakley , The Aboriginals and Half - Castes of Central Australia and North ...
130 SS Ick - Hewins and JW Allen , The Pastoral Employment Guide , n . p . 131
APR , 16 November 1928 , 16 November 1928 . 132 Walkabout , 1 May 1936 ;
JW Bleakley , The Aboriginals and Half - Castes of Central Australia and North ...
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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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