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The vision splendid : a social and cultural history of rural Australia / Richard Waterhouse.
- Title
- The vision splendid : a social and cultural history of rural Australia / Richard Waterhouse.
- Author
- Waterhouse, Richard.
- Publication
- Fremantle, W.A. : Curtin University Books, 2005.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | DU107 .W39 2005 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 320 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- The Vision Spendid tells the often-volatile stories, not only of the changing nature of the relationships between city and bush, but of those between land owners and itinerant workers, squatters and small farmers, men and women, and Europeans and Aborigines.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-313) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Pt. 1. 1788-1914 -- Ch. 1. The land and its peoples -- Ch. 2. The culture of work -- Ch. 3. The culture of leisure -- Ch. 4. Representations of the Bush -- Pt. 2. 1914-2003 -- Ch. 5. Change and continuity.
- ISBN
- 9781920731052
- 1920731059 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2006271646
- OCLC
- 61251839
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library