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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... success . Its adoption coincided , and was to some extent credited , with a huge expansion in the wheat industry in New South Wales . In Narrandera Shire in the Riverina the squatters experienced hard times in the 1890s as a result of ...
... success . Its adoption coincided , and was to some extent credited , with a huge expansion in the wheat industry in New South Wales . In Narrandera Shire in the Riverina the squatters experienced hard times in the 1890s as a result of ...
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... success in the development of new agricultural projects , and in any case created serious environmental consequences . Buoyed by the success of the AMP - funded farming development just across the border in South Australia , the ...
... success in the development of new agricultural projects , and in any case created serious environmental consequences . Buoyed by the success of the AMP - funded farming development just across the border in South Australia , the ...
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... success but was acclaimed as an Australian classic , a work that heralded the establishment of ' a truly National Australian Theatre'.213 The play enjoyed success in Melbourne , Sydney and ( later ) London ; sponsored by the Trust and ...
... success but was acclaimed as an Australian classic , a work that heralded the establishment of ' a truly National Australian Theatre'.213 The play enjoyed success in Melbourne , Sydney and ( later ) London ; sponsored by the Trust and ...
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
The Culture of Work | 75 |
The Culture of Leisure | 113 |
Copyright | |
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