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 24
... and New South Wales , of the 1870s and 1880s in Queensland , and of the
1890s in Western Australia , changed the societies and economies of the
Australian colonies . They prompted a huge internal migration , which in turn led
not only to ...
... and New South Wales , of the 1870s and 1880s in Queensland , and of the
1890s in Western Australia , changed the societies and economies of the
Australian colonies . They prompted a huge internal migration , which in turn led
not only to ...
Page 82
37 In turn this allowed the adoption of more sophisticated management practices
, for sheep were now sorted , with wethers , ewes ... time there was an increasing
emphasis on ar quality , with growers first turning to imported Vermont merinos.
37 In turn this allowed the adoption of more sophisticated management practices
, for sheep were now sorted , with wethers , ewes ... time there was an increasing
emphasis on ar quality , with growers first turning to imported Vermont merinos.
Page 139
117 Another sportsman , recalling his career as a cricketer on the north coast of
New South Wales at the turn of the century , was even more enthusiastic in
valuing cricketing social life . “ Through cricket I made many life - long friendships
' , he ...
117 Another sportsman , recalling his career as a cricketer on the north coast of
New South Wales at the turn of the century , was even more enthusiastic in
valuing cricketing social life . “ Through cricket I made many life - long friendships
' , he ...
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Contents
Introduction | 11 |
The Culture of Work | 75 |
The Culture of Leisure | 113 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Vision Splendid: A Social and Cultural History of Rural Australia |
| Author | Richard Waterhouse |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Curtin University Books, 2005 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 15 Sep 2008 |
| ISBN | 1920731059, 9781920731052 |
| Length | 320 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Australia & New Zealand History / Social History Social Science / Sociology / Rural |
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