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 79
... reflected a sense of permanent commitment , for many included pianos , mirrors , carpets , books and pictures . In contrast , the properties in the Riverina still retained qualities of primitiveness and impermanence.20 Because the ...
... reflected a sense of permanent commitment , for many included pianos , mirrors , carpets , books and pictures . In contrast , the properties in the Riverina still retained qualities of primitiveness and impermanence.20 Because the ...
Page 103
... reflected in the lives of the sundowners and swagmen , which demonstrated , in the words of the Englishman EC Buley ... reflection of paternalism than a defence against terrorism.119 Second , the squatters offered accommodation and ...
... reflected in the lives of the sundowners and swagmen , which demonstrated , in the words of the Englishman EC Buley ... reflection of paternalism than a defence against terrorism.119 Second , the squatters offered accommodation and ...
Page 172
... reflects this influence : Merrijig me sing , When the birds are on de wing , And me laugh at him whitefellow too - Him ... reflected a mix of ' stage Negro ' and local , albeit not Aboriginal , dialect . The two Aboriginal characters in ...
... reflects this influence : Merrijig me sing , When the birds are on de wing , And me laugh at him whitefellow too - Him ... reflected a mix of ' stage Negro ' and local , albeit not Aboriginal , dialect . The two Aboriginal characters in ...
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
The Culture of Work | 75 |
The Culture of Leisure | 113 |
Copyright | |
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