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
The colonial 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 ...
The colonial 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 ...
Page 109
145 Indeed the formation of unions on one side and an employers ' organisation
on the other , the Pastoralists ' Union , was a sign of a widening rift between
employers and their workers . The unscrupulous tactics adopted by some
pastoralists ...
145 Indeed the formation of unions on one side and an employers ' organisation
on the other , the Pastoralists ' Union , was a sign of a widening rift between
employers and their workers . The unscrupulous tactics adopted by some
pastoralists ...
Page 110
prevent the pastoralists from hiring ' scabs ' or strikebreakers . 148 So
widespread , so bitter was the conflict that the vehicle of pastoralist opinion , the
Australasian Pastoralists ' Review , referred to it as an ' insurrection ' . 149 As in
1891 , the ...
prevent the pastoralists from hiring ' scabs ' or strikebreakers . 148 So
widespread , so bitter was the conflict that the vehicle of pastoralist opinion , the
Australasian Pastoralists ' Review , referred to it as an ' insurrection ' . 149 As in
1891 , the ...
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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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