The vision splendid: conceptualizing the Bush, 1813-1913
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The construction of a small road into the Australian interior between Jul 1814 and Mar 1815 did not lead to an immediate large scale population movement westward. Those who discovered new lands in the interior usually only considered their suitability for large scale grazing. However, industrialization and mechanization gradually started to penetrate rural Australia, and by the end of the 19th century the Bush was losing its economic, social and cultural distinctiveness. The popular image of the Bush and its inhabitants constantly changed between 1813 and 1913 as a result of changes in rural and urban Australia.
Publication Name: Journal of Popular Culture
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0022-3840
Year: 1999
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Making "honest, truthful and industrious men": newsboys, rational recreation and the construction of the "citizen" in late Victorian and Edwardian Brisbane
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An analysis of the vital relationship between youth workers and participants in youth popular culture in late 19th century and early 20th century in Brisbane, Australia, presents a new form of citizenship construction. This research has focused on Brisbane's newsboys, who were a demonized grouping of young street traders that captured the interest of leisure reformers. It seems that youth workers failed to attract the vast majority of their target group to organizations such as the Working Boys' Brigade. The evidence does not make it possible to conclude why some boys did join an organization.
Publication Name: Journal of Popular Culture
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0022-3840
Year: 1999
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Cooked to perfection: Cooks' Cottage and the exemplary historical figure
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Cooks' Cottage was purchased by wealthy businessman Russell Grimwade for the citizens of Victoria, Australia, to mark the state's centenary in 1934. The story of the Cottage gives an insight into issues of social cohesion and consensus at a key point in Victoria's history and in the public presentation of its heritage. Cooks' Cottage represented a period in which the role of imperial discoverers had gained status as a secular mantra in national views of Australian history. This project occurred at a time when monumental history was losing its didactic influence.
Publication Name: Journal of Popular Culture
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0022-3840
Year: 1999
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