An Historical Geography of Modern Australia: The Restive FringeThis is a substantial study immediately established itself as essential reading for all those with a serious interest in Australian studies. |
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... Territory , 1881-1915 12 Advertising Australia : some inter - war efforts 13 Fluctuating prices for rural produce , 1921–41 14 Sacrifice to an imperial deity 15 Another version of the search for identity 16 Soldier Settlement in South ...
... Territory , 1881-1915 12 Advertising Australia : some inter - war efforts 13 Fluctuating prices for rural produce , 1921–41 14 Sacrifice to an imperial deity 15 Another version of the search for identity 16 Soldier Settlement in South ...
Page xiv
... territories drew heavily on contempo- rary scientific lore and repaid the debt with innumerable novel observa- tions . But some interpretations also incorporated utilitarian , strategic and aesthetic considerations , whether veiled or ...
... territories drew heavily on contempo- rary scientific lore and repaid the debt with innumerable novel observa- tions . But some interpretations also incorporated utilitarian , strategic and aesthetic considerations , whether veiled or ...
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... territories , stabilisations of settlement advances via biological control methods , and the introduction of exotic plants and animals . Clearly , these talented indi- viduals and their senior colleagues must be seen as archetypal ...
... territories , stabilisations of settlement advances via biological control methods , and the introduction of exotic plants and animals . Clearly , these talented indi- viduals and their senior colleagues must be seen as archetypal ...
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... wider world , and with a challenging matrix of con- straints and rewards characterising the physical setting of a distinctive national territory . Acknowledgements This book was probably conceived in the autumn of Preface xix.
... wider world , and with a challenging matrix of con- straints and rewards characterising the physical setting of a distinctive national territory . Acknowledgements This book was probably conceived in the autumn of Preface xix.
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... Reflexive ' approach - needs to be emphasised for the neglected ' literacy of place ' , or understanding of territory , it promises to impart . 1 Prodigal children : an introduction Land of rare climate Part 1: Crimson thread, 1880-1914.
... Reflexive ' approach - needs to be emphasised for the neglected ' literacy of place ' , or understanding of territory , it promises to impart . 1 Prodigal children : an introduction Land of rare climate Part 1: Crimson thread, 1880-1914.
Contents
Prodigal children an introduction | 3 |
Centennial | 7 |
Fringe bush outback | 9 |
Imperialism federationism resource management | 14 |
State and nation | 19 |
Domesticating the fringe | 30 |
State socialism in the bush | 41 |
Outback interrogations | 55 |
Perspective | 189 |
Nationalism and dependency 195086 | 195 |
A changing society | 205 |
The peopling of Australia | 206 |
The modern pattern | 212 |
The social issues irritant | 217 |
Environmentalism | 231 |
The Janus face of Australian industry | 250 |
Building the temple 191450 | 67 |
Imperialism Protectionism democratic nationalism | 72 |
Government managerialism in Australia | 81 |
Debt of honour Soldier Settlement 191529 | 90 |
An imperial yeomanry | 91 |
the Australian schemes | 100 |
a case study | 111 |
Yeomen and bureaucrats | 116 |
Science and the frontier | 121 |
Griffith Taylor and the ecumene | 129 |
Environmentalism versus possibilism | 137 |
Conservation and planning in the last of lands | 150 |
Save Australia | 152 |
Town and regional planning | 169 |
New states and the regional concept | 179 |
Basic patterns | 251 |
Structural change and global reorganisation | 254 |
Industry and environmentalism | 268 |
Aboriginal lands in an industrialised society | 281 |
Agriculture and the modern federation | 286 |
Government and nongovernment responses | 288 |
Stopandgo frontiers | 302 |
the modern dairying industry | 307 |
Scrubcountry renovations | 312 |
challenges to irrigation | 322 |
Conclusion arrivals and departures | 334 |
Notes | 342 |
Select Bibliography | 377 |
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