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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... population growth . In Victoria and subsequently in Western Australia gold stimulated the blossoming of towns like ... populations , combined with the need to ensure that the agricultural products funnelled through the burgeoning inland ...
... population growth . In Victoria and subsequently in Western Australia gold stimulated the blossoming of towns like ... populations , combined with the need to ensure that the agricultural products funnelled through the burgeoning inland ...
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... population lived in towns of fewer than 3000 , and there were no cities of more than 950,000 . Now only 18.5 per cent of the population live in towns of fewer than 3000 while 53.1 per cent of Australians live in cities with populations ...
... population lived in towns of fewer than 3000 , and there were no cities of more than 950,000 . Now only 18.5 per cent of the population live in towns of fewer than 3000 while 53.1 per cent of Australians live in cities with populations ...
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... population in rural areas , 272–3 , 273 impact of population decline on rural economy , 273 retirement towns , 273 Port Macquarie , 21 Possingham , Professor Hugh , 218 prawns , 211 prickly pear , 206 Queanbeyan , 77 , 157 , 208 ...
... population in rural areas , 272–3 , 273 impact of population decline on rural economy , 273 retirement towns , 273 Port Macquarie , 21 Possingham , Professor Hugh , 218 prawns , 211 prickly pear , 206 Queanbeyan , 77 , 157 , 208 ...
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
The Culture of Work | 75 |
The Culture of Leisure | 113 |
Copyright | |
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