LEADER 02141nam 22004453 450 001 9911011371103321 005 20250409080348.0 010 $a1-76046-676-X 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31986314 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31986314 035 $a(CKB)38265024600041 035 $a(NjHacI)9938265024600041 035 $a(EXLCZ)9938265024600041 100 $a20250409d2025 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$a'We Are a Farming Class' $eDubbo's Hinterland, 1870-1950 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aCanberra :$cANU Press,$d2025. 210 4$dİ2025. 215 $a1 online resource (366 pages) 311 08$a1-76046-675-1 327 $aIntroduction -- 1. 'Poor struggling men': the slow emergence of a farming class to 1880 -- 2. 'And we are shunned and out in the cold': schools and the making of community and class -- 3. 'Making a poor man poorer': credit and debt -- 4. 'A decent sort of a chap': farmers and labour, 1880-1930 -- 5. 'The farmers have been most loyal': political allegiance in the farmlands -- 6. 'Tethered to the world': transport, communication and imagining the farmlands -- 7. 'All thoughts of depression were banished': voluntary associations and the making of social spaces and communities -- 8. 'The tales of the pioneers are told': the place of the past in local consciousness -- Conclusion. 330 $a'We are a farming class' examines the lives of people in the farmlands surrounding Dubbo in the New South Wales central west between the 1870s and the 1950s, from free selection and the establishment of agriculture to the dawning of postwar prosperity and change. 606 $aFarmers$zAustralia 606 $aAgriculture$zAustralia$zNew South Wales$xHistory 615 0$aFarmers 615 0$aAgriculture$xHistory. 676 $a338.10994 700 $aWoodley$b Peter$01829265 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911011371103321 996 $aWe Are a Farming Class$94398474 997 $aUNINA