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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 50
Page 28
... result of the closer - settlement policies adopted in the 1890s.45 The constant tinkering with the Land Acts in the various colonies reflected dissatisfaction with their workings , a suspicion that they were not achieving their purpose ...
... result of the closer - settlement policies adopted in the 1890s.45 The constant tinkering with the Land Acts in the various colonies reflected dissatisfaction with their workings , a suspicion that they were not achieving their purpose ...
Page 71
... result was an increase in wallabies and kangaroos.229 For those who lived in rural Australia fire , flood and drought came as regular occurrences . Aborigines had used fire to encourage the growth of new grass , as well as to drive ...
... result was an increase in wallabies and kangaroos.229 For those who lived in rural Australia fire , flood and drought came as regular occurrences . Aborigines had used fire to encourage the growth of new grass , as well as to drive ...
Page 91
... result was a dramatic cut in the cost of harvesting as well as in the time it took . By the early twentieth century , wheat fields on the larger holdings were ploughed by multi - furrowed ploughs drawn by traction machines ; seed and ...
... result was a dramatic cut in the cost of harvesting as well as in the time it took . By the early twentieth century , wheat fields on the larger holdings were ploughed by multi - furrowed ploughs drawn by traction machines ; seed and ...
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
The Culture of Work | 75 |
The Culture of Leisure | 113 |
Copyright | |
5 other sections not shown
Common terms and phrases
Aborigines agricultural allowed areas argued associated ATCJ August became Bulletin Bush capital carried cattle century changes characters Chinese claimed clubs colonial communities companies continued convicts culture December developed early economic English established European families farmers farms February History horses houses improvements included industry introduced January John June kangaroos labour land late least less lived managers March Melbourne Minstrel Show nineteenth century Northern Territory November October organised pastoral pastoralists performed perhaps play policies popular Press production properties Queensland racing reflected relations remained Report result River runs rural Australia Selection selectors September settlement settlers shearers shearing sheep shepherds social society soldier sometimes South Australia South Wales sport squatters stations stories success Sydney theatre took towns traditional travelled turn University urban values Victoria wages Walkabout Western Australia women wool workers World