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 48
126 Even when they tried to maintain traditional hunting practices , Aborigines
antagonised the interlopers because their practice of setting fire to the grass to
flush out the game destroyed what the pastoralists considered their sheep
pastures .
126 Even when they tried to maintain traditional hunting practices , Aborigines
antagonised the interlopers because their practice of setting fire to the grass to
flush out the game destroyed what the pastoralists considered their sheep
pastures .
Page 79
21 The use of hut - keepers and shepherds to raise and guard sheep reflected
traditional pastoral practice . ... because sheep were plentiful , while a scarcity of
labour prevented the adoption of more sophisticated and humane practices .
21 The use of hut - keepers and shepherds to raise and guard sheep reflected
traditional pastoral practice . ... because sheep were plentiful , while a scarcity of
labour prevented the adoption of more sophisticated and humane practices .
Page 127
But Wagga Wagga was also a place where the itinerants stopped for sprees , at
least until the practice ceased to be so common : towns like this were the sites of
both old and new cultural practices and values . 70 Public Recreations : Hotels ...
But Wagga Wagga was also a place where the itinerants stopped for sprees , at
least until the practice ceased to be so common : towns like this were the sites of
both old and new cultural practices and values . 70 Public Recreations : Hotels ...
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Contents
Introduction | 11 |
The Culture of Work | 75 |
The Culture of Leisure | 113 |
Copyright | |
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Aborigines agriculture allowed areas argued associated ATCJ August became Bulletin Bush capital carried cattle century changes characters Chinese claimed colonial communities companies continued course culture December developed early economic English established European families farmers farms February followed History horses houses hunting improvements included industry introduced January June kangaroos labour land late least less lived managers March Minstrel Show nineteenth century Northern noted November October organised pastoral pastoralists performed perhaps period play policies popular practice production properties prosperity Queensland racing reflected relations remained Report result River runs rural Australia Selection selectors September servants settlement settlers shearers shearing sheep shepherds social society sometimes South Wales sport squatters stations stories success Sydney Territory theatre took towns traditional travelled turn urban values Victoria wages Walkabout Western Australia women wool workers World
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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