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 144
... performed in the theatres of the capitals . In any case , by the 1880s companies of the sort described by Watson were no longer so commonplace indeed , they were becoming anachronisms . ―― Theatres featuring professional actors became ...
... performed in the theatres of the capitals . In any case , by the 1880s companies of the sort described by Watson were no longer so commonplace indeed , they were becoming anachronisms . ―― Theatres featuring professional actors became ...
Page 147
... performed at towns along the railway lines in Victoria and New South Wales . On this tour Hamlet brought the best - paying houses . Four years later Dampier ventured further afield , performing in Brisbane , Townsville and the booming ...
... performed at towns along the railway lines in Victoria and New South Wales . On this tour Hamlet brought the best - paying houses . Four years later Dampier ventured further afield , performing in Brisbane , Townsville and the booming ...
Page 151
... performed in town halls where the only stage furniture provided was old chairs and an out - of - tune piano . Testing the stage at one of these venues , the manager of the Ada Delroy Company fell through the floor . At Mackay the ...
... performed in town halls where the only stage furniture provided was old chairs and an out - of - tune piano . Testing the stage at one of these venues , the manager of the Ada Delroy Company fell through the floor . At Mackay the ...
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
The Culture of Work | 75 |
The Culture of Leisure | 113 |
Copyright | |
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