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 54
... shepherds , drovers and sheep washers , although in this period they were not usually employed as shearers . Although some Aborigines , especially those who worked as shepherds , received wages , most were ' paid ' in clothing , food ...
... shepherds , drovers and sheep washers , although in this period they were not usually employed as shearers . Although some Aborigines , especially those who worked as shepherds , received wages , most were ' paid ' in clothing , food ...
Page 101
... shepherds and hut- keepers . Most squatters in New South Wales set up head stations , which provided pastures for their horses and oxen , and several out - stations each staffed by two shepherds and a hut - keeper . Each day a shepherd ...
... shepherds and hut- keepers . Most squatters in New South Wales set up head stations , which provided pastures for their horses and oxen , and several out - stations each staffed by two shepherds and a hut - keeper . Each day a shepherd ...
Page 102
... shepherds were replaced by boundary riders who checked on the sheep and repaired damage to fences . They rarely settled down to work constantly for one employer . into alcoholism and insanity . So common was this that shepherds ...
... shepherds were replaced by boundary riders who checked on the sheep and repaired damage to fences . They rarely settled down to work constantly for one employer . into alcoholism and insanity . So common was this that shepherds ...
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
The Culture of Work | 75 |
The Culture of Leisure | 113 |
Copyright | |
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