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 184
... wages.80 In one cartoon a squatter proposes a verbal agreement to a prospective employee , but ' Bluey ' replies : " Scuse me , boss . Last time I had a verbal contract , I drew verbal wages . ' '81 This image of squatters , reported in ...
... wages.80 In one cartoon a squatter proposes a verbal agreement to a prospective employee , but ' Bluey ' replies : " Scuse me , boss . Last time I had a verbal contract , I drew verbal wages . ' '81 This image of squatters , reported in ...
Page 229
... wages as a fixed proportion of those paid to Europeans . In Queensland in 1919 the wages of male Aboriginal pastoral workers were set at two - thirds the rate paid to male European workers . But on some stations this requirement was ...
... wages as a fixed proportion of those paid to Europeans . In Queensland in 1919 the wages of male Aboriginal pastoral workers were set at two - thirds the rate paid to male European workers . But on some stations this requirement was ...
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... wages and rations for the army and air force labour corps . Those who worked in the abattoirs , as mechanics and as drivers were paid 5s a week and they and their dependants were provided with clothing , food and accommodation . Cash wages ...
... wages and rations for the army and air force labour corps . Those who worked in the abattoirs , as mechanics and as drivers were paid 5s a week and they and their dependants were provided with clothing , food and accommodation . Cash wages ...
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
The Culture of Work | 75 |
The Culture of Leisure | 113 |
Copyright | |
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