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 67
... travelled armed and built houses of bullet - proof timber with loopholed walls as defence against bushrangers as well as Aborigines . Lawlessness was so widespread that some feared the island had surrendered to ' barbarism'.216 But in ...
... travelled armed and built houses of bullet - proof timber with loopholed walls as defence against bushrangers as well as Aborigines . Lawlessness was so widespread that some feared the island had surrendered to ' barbarism'.216 But in ...
Page 103
... travelled from station to station ostensibly looking for work , but they usually contrived to arrive at sunset , too late to be assigned any tasks but still in time to demand rations of flour and meat . On large stations dozens of ...
... travelled from station to station ostensibly looking for work , but they usually contrived to arrive at sunset , too late to be assigned any tasks but still in time to demand rations of flour and meat . On large stations dozens of ...
Page 148
... travelled by steamer between colonies and by rail within them . After performing in Sydney the troupe travelled to Melbourne by steamer , and after its city season toured the Victorian provinces by train . A return Sydney season was ...
... travelled by steamer between colonies and by rail within them . After performing in Sydney the troupe travelled to Melbourne by steamer , and after its city season toured the Victorian provinces by train . A return Sydney season was ...
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
The Culture of Work | 75 |
The Culture of Leisure | 113 |
Copyright | |
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