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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... turn led not only to the growth of the capitals but also to the emergence and maturation of large numbers of rural towns . Gold also brought economic diversity . The squatters had argued for the maintenance of their privileged position ...
... turn led not only to the growth of the capitals but also to the emergence and maturation of large numbers of rural towns . Gold also brought economic diversity . The squatters had argued for the maintenance of their privileged position ...
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... turn of the century , in the north of Western Australia and the Northern Territory.36 The improvement of sheep runs was demonstrated in the first place by the erection of fences . These first began to appear in the 1820s and became ...
... turn of the century , in the north of Western Australia and the Northern Territory.36 The improvement of sheep runs was demonstrated in the first place by the erection of fences . These first began to appear in the 1820s and became ...
Page 139
... turn of the century , was even more enthusiastic in valuing cricketing social life . ' Through cricket I made many life - long friendships ' , he remembered . ' Cricket created a new atmosphere and an understanding which nothing else ...
... turn of the century , was even more enthusiastic in valuing cricketing social life . ' Through cricket I made many life - long friendships ' , he remembered . ' Cricket created a new atmosphere and an understanding which nothing else ...
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
The Culture of Work | 75 |
The Culture of Leisure | 113 |
Copyright | |
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