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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... Towns , Transport and Technology The establishment and growth of rural towns was hindered by the existence of squatting leaseholds , for they acted as barriers to significant inland population increases . However , the discovery of gold ...
... Towns , Transport and Technology The establishment and growth of rural towns was hindered by the existence of squatting leaseholds , for they acted as barriers to significant inland population increases . However , the discovery of gold ...
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... towns it is likely that the prescribed male and female roles were observed in a more orthodox way . Certainly , in the large towns there was as much emphasis as in the capitals on social hierarchy and formal etiquette . The novelist Ada ...
... towns it is likely that the prescribed male and female roles were observed in a more orthodox way . Certainly , in the large towns there was as much emphasis as in the capitals on social hierarchy and formal etiquette . The novelist Ada ...
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... towns , however , churches began to appear in respectable numbers . There was a choice too , with the Anglican and Catholic Churches as well as the Presbyterians and Methodists all prominent in establishing widespread networks of ...
... towns , however , churches began to appear in respectable numbers . There was a choice too , with the Anglican and Catholic Churches as well as the Presbyterians and Methodists all prominent in establishing widespread networks of ...
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
The Culture of Work | 75 |
The Culture of Leisure | 113 |
Copyright | |
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