The language of space and ownership in rural New South Wales in the mid-nineteenth-century: rural workers
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Published:2021-08-13
Issue:2
Volume:32
Page:167-186
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ISSN:0956-7933
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Container-title:Rural History
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Rural History
Abstract
AbstractLanguage used in depositions in colonial New South Wales shows a mobile non-Aboriginal society of close surveillance, rumour and informing. This derived from the convict system. In response to this there was considerable play with marking and markers, including the widespread use of nicknames and emphasis on personal space. Outside of this was the dreamlike realm of entertainment to be had in public houses, Aboriginal camps and Chinese tents at the diggings. Aboriginal politics was present at all of these places but Aboriginal camps were also places of considerable danger.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Urban Studies,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous),History,Geography, Planning and Development