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 201
But throughout the 1920s there were regular reports of soldier settlers
abandoning their land . In Victoria the Minister for Lands responded first by
extending the leasehold terms and allowing the arrears on loans to be paid in
instalments , and ...
But throughout the 1920s there were regular reports of soldier settlers
abandoning their land . In Victoria the Minister for Lands responded first by
extending the leasehold terms and allowing the arrears on loans to be paid in
instalments , and ...
Page 202
Within two years , however , critics argued that soldier settlers did not have a
moral right to be a permanent financial burden on the community . 19 But in the
end the authorities were forced to acknowledge that there were more deep -
seated ...
Within two years , however , critics argued that soldier settlers did not have a
moral right to be a permanent financial burden on the community . 19 But in the
end the authorities were forced to acknowledge that there were more deep -
seated ...
Page 208
... fall in wool prices , and the 1973 oil crisis that raised the cost of farm equipment
and fuel left many soldier settlers in debt and struggling to survive . A 1972 study
of soldier settlers at Shelford , south of Ballarat , concluded that drought and ...
... fall in wool prices , and the 1973 oil crisis that raised the cost of farm equipment
and fuel left many soldier settlers in debt and struggling to survive . A 1972 study
of soldier settlers at Shelford , south of Ballarat , concluded that drought and ...
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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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