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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Page vi
... regional planning 169 ' New states ' and the regional concept 179 Perspective 189 NATIONALISM AND DEPENDENCY , 1950-86 195 7 A changing society 205 The peopling of Australia 206 The modern pattern 212 The ' social issues ' irritant 217 ...
... regional planning 169 ' New states ' and the regional concept 179 Perspective 189 NATIONALISM AND DEPENDENCY , 1950-86 195 7 A changing society 205 The peopling of Australia 206 The modern pattern 212 The ' social issues ' irritant 217 ...
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... regional concept , from J. Macdonald Holmes 186 40 Regional planning proposals , 1944 189 41 ' Condition of the public estate ' , 1937 190 42 ' Australian Inland Mission Stations ' in 1927 191 43 Changing sources of ethnic diversity ...
... regional concept , from J. Macdonald Holmes 186 40 Regional planning proposals , 1944 189 41 ' Condition of the public estate ' , 1937 190 42 ' Australian Inland Mission Stations ' in 1927 191 43 Changing sources of ethnic diversity ...
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... reserves , 1981 234 28 Proportional shares of exported produce 259 29 Regional shares of Australian imports 260 30 Destinations of exports 261 31 Estimated assets and direct ownership of mineral resources 32 X List of Tables.
... reserves , 1981 234 28 Proportional shares of exported produce 259 29 Regional shares of Australian imports 260 30 Destinations of exports 261 31 Estimated assets and direct ownership of mineral resources 32 X List of Tables.
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... regional , national and international issues . That signals a major motivation guiding the present study . In addition , it helps to explain the concentration on changes in the twentieth century , which allows geographers favouring ...
... regional , national and international issues . That signals a major motivation guiding the present study . In addition , it helps to explain the concentration on changes in the twentieth century , which allows geographers favouring ...
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... Australian officials experi- mented with some rudimentary theories of regional planning in an attempt to manage the emerging geography of settlement expansion , but in the interim the big ranchers ( or ' squatters ' ) xiv Preface.
... Australian officials experi- mented with some rudimentary theories of regional planning in an attempt to manage the emerging geography of settlement expansion , but in the interim the big ranchers ( or ' squatters ' ) xiv Preface.
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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