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 77
... pastoralists also began to market a more attractive product , concentrating on producing fine quality wool that was washed , either before or after shearing , before it was shipped . In 1821 colonial wool production stood at 175,000 ...
... pastoralists also began to market a more attractive product , concentrating on producing fine quality wool that was washed , either before or after shearing , before it was shipped . In 1821 colonial wool production stood at 175,000 ...
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... Pastoralists ' Union , was a sign of a widening rift between employers and their workers . The unscrupulous tactics adopted by some pastoralists reflected their understanding of their relationship with their workers as purely an ...
... Pastoralists ' Union , was a sign of a widening rift between employers and their workers . The unscrupulous tactics adopted by some pastoralists reflected their understanding of their relationship with their workers as purely an ...
Page 110
... Pastoralists ' Review , referred to it as an ' insurrection'.149 As in 1891 , the 1894 strikes failed in their ... Pastoralists ' Union . 151 The conflict between the AWU and the Pastoralists ' Union over the quality of accommodation ...
... Pastoralists ' Review , referred to it as an ' insurrection'.149 As in 1891 , the 1894 strikes failed in their ... Pastoralists ' Union . 151 The conflict between the AWU and the Pastoralists ' Union over the quality of accommodation ...
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
The Culture of Work | 75 |
The Culture of Leisure | 113 |
Copyright | |
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