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... rural produce , 1921–41 14 Sacrifice to an imperial deity 15 Another version of the search for identity 16 Soldier Settlement in South Australia page 10 12 17 21 22 27 47 52 55 58 65 77 80 87 95 110 17 Soldier Settlement allotments in ...
... rural produce , 1921–41 14 Sacrifice to an imperial deity 15 Another version of the search for identity 16 Soldier Settlement in South Australia page 10 12 17 21 22 27 47 52 55 58 65 77 80 87 95 110 17 Soldier Settlement allotments in ...
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... rural ' populations , 1947–71 214 24 Distribution of post - war ' urban ' populations 215 25 Age characteristics of major birthplace groups , 1981 229 26 Competency in English , major South European groups , 1981 230 27 National parks ...
... rural ' populations , 1947–71 214 24 Distribution of post - war ' urban ' populations 215 25 Age characteristics of major birthplace groups , 1981 229 26 Competency in English , major South European groups , 1981 230 27 National parks ...
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... rural industries 33 Agricultural research investment , 1976-7 34 Main areas of rural research employment , 1976-7 35 ' Degraded ' lands , 1975 36 Distribution of ' degraded ' lands , 1975 37 National adjustments in dairying , 1969-78 38 ...
... rural industries 33 Agricultural research investment , 1976-7 34 Main areas of rural research employment , 1976-7 35 ' Degraded ' lands , 1975 36 Distribution of ' degraded ' lands , 1975 37 National adjustments in dairying , 1969-78 38 ...
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... rural settlement and related themes in environmental perception ; questions of regional evalu- ation and the contextual play of regionalism itself ; the origin and diffusion of technical innovations and environmental concepts ; the ...
... rural settlement and related themes in environmental perception ; questions of regional evalu- ation and the contextual play of regionalism itself ; the origin and diffusion of technical innovations and environmental concepts ; the ...
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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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