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 82
... properties were established in the second half of the nineteenth century . By 1895 more than forty stations in New South Wales were shearing in excess of 100,000 sheep annually , including Mumba ( 285,000 ) and Dunlop ( 276,000 ) ...
... properties were established in the second half of the nineteenth century . By 1895 more than forty stations in New South Wales were shearing in excess of 100,000 sheep annually , including Mumba ( 285,000 ) and Dunlop ( 276,000 ) ...
Page 85
... properties referred to their ' military - barracks compactness ' and compared their operations to those of a well - regulated machine ' . Not only did everything function ' like clockwork ' , but every man worked rapidly , and each one ...
... properties referred to their ' military - barracks compactness ' and compared their operations to those of a well - regulated machine ' . Not only did everything function ' like clockwork ' , but every man worked rapidly , and each one ...
Page 222
... properties to become smaller . In 1920 there were twelve properties in Australia grazing flocks of more than 100,000 sheep , but by 1966 there were none . Now the vast majority of properties held fewer than 3000 sheep and there were ...
... properties to become smaller . In 1920 there were twelve properties in Australia grazing flocks of more than 100,000 sheep , but by 1966 there were none . Now the vast majority of properties held fewer than 3000 sheep and there were ...
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
The Culture of Work | 75 |
The Culture of Leisure | 113 |
Copyright | |
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