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[1]Whatisitabout“thebush”thatissospecialtoAustralians?ThebushhasaniicstatusinAustraliauresstronglyieaboutnatioy，especiallyasexpressedinAustraliaure，painting，popularmusic，filmsandfoods。

[2]ThebushwassomethingthatwasuralianandverydifferenttotheEuropeanlandscapesfamiliartomanynewimmigrants。ThebushwasreveredasasouratiohelikesofHenryLawsonandBanjoPaterson。RomantigthebushinthisforwardforAustraliaepstowardsself-identity。Thelegacyisafolklorerithespiritofthebush。

Folklore，1790s-1890s

[3]ManyAustralianmythsandlegeedfromthebush。Earlybushranging—rangingofftheland—wassometimesseenasapreferredoptiontotheharshsexperienvis。LaterbushrangerssuchasJaohue，BenHallandNedKellywereseenasrebelliousfiguresassociatedwithbushlife。Theirbushmanshipwaslegendaryaswellasnecessary。

[4]Thebushhasevokedthemesleandsurvivalepitomisedintalesers，drovers，outbaenandlost。Thebushhasalsobeenseenasasourentandsurvival。ThesetwoopposiswereetherbytheactivitiesoftheAustralian“blacktrackers”。

[5]TheskillsofIndigenouspeoplein“thebush”，especiallytheirtragabilities，wasseenasmiradbedaryinthemindsofEuropeanAustralians。Indigenouspeople’skheland，atthecoreoftheirspiritualbeliefs，isexpressedisandperformance—musigs，dandy。

Romanticidealism，1890s—The“bushman”

[6]The1890ssawauediionalismandwithittheoftheAustralianbushlegeensionofthegoldfieldlegeersofthebushwereimbuedwiththesamequalitiesthatthediggersonthegoldfieldspossessed。

[7]Around1900，thebushwasseeionofnatiohefeaturesofbushlife—sleepingintheopeorideandshoot，fightingbushfires—wereseentopreparepeopleforbattle。ThisfusedAustralia’sbushandmilitarytraditioseemedtoproveitselfwiththeANZAWorldWarI。The“bushman”wasseenasaresourdepemanwhotrustedonlyhismates。

[8]Thebushwasasymbolforanatio，by1910，mostAustraliahebushmythhasenduredass，poets，andartistsuetouseitforinspiratiosofbushculturehavebeeomairaliahroughmusigs，g，slang，artsaure。

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[9]TheideaofthebushasioAustraliaywasreinfor1958whenRusselublishedTheAustralianLegend。Whilesomecriticscriticisedhisiionofrisesa“typicalAustraliahattraitssuchasmateship53，anti-authoritarianism，swearingandharddrihefrontierexperiencesofrealbushworkers。

[10]BushidealshavebeenreverediyearswithtelevisiramslikeBushTuandfilmslikeCrodee。Manywell-knownAustralianfilmsarebuiltonstoriesfromthebush。TheseinigingRock（1975），ElizaFraser（1976），BreakerMorant（1981），Gallipoli（1981），TheManfromSnowyRiver（1982），Crodee（1986）andEvilAngels（1988）。RabbitProofFence（2002）andTenoes（2006）showhowthebushisviewedasasourentfenouspeople。

[11]The1980sand1990ssawthebushbeouswithdrought，debt，depopulatio。Naturaldisastersauralthebushht，fireandfloodhavehelpeddefiralianlanguage，asenseofhumouraswellasusic，poetryaure。

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1。ThePenguinHenryLawsonShuinClassics）

&hegreatobserversofAustralianlife，HenryLawsooftheAustraliannationalpsydhisshortstoriesandversehaveetoaffecthowAustraliaheirtry。YetathisbestLawsontraheverybush，theveryoutback，theveryup-try，theverypuborselector’shutheveyswithsuchbrevityandacuity:hemakesspecificplaiversal。HenryLawsonistardedasalegehaobeehisseleLawsonisrevealedasawriterwhosedelightful，humorous，wryandmovingshortstoriesuetodelightgeiohisistheessentialLawsoheclassicofAustralianclassics。

2。CollectedVersebyBanjoPaterson

&A。B。“Banjo”PatersoknownffolkclassifromSnowyRiverandWaltzingMatilda，iswidelyaowledgedasAustralia’sgreatestandmostpopularballadist。Hispoems，writteoandhumour，celebratealltheromandrough-and-tumbleofoldAustralia。Inthis，leadingPatersonsesmorethan100ofPatersoreflecttheremarkableridrangeenerouslyillustratedwithperis，thisfirstPeionofPatersoributetooralia’sfavouritesons—“theBanjooftheBush。”

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1。TheManfromSnowyRiver（1982）

TheManfromSnowyRiverisa1982AustraliandramafilmbasedontheBanjoPatersoheManfromSnowyRiver。Asisboxoffigs，TheManfrainedaverylargeaudience，pthestoryandBanjoPaterson’spoem。SihestoryhasbeeTheManFromSnowyRiverBushFestivaling，Victoria。

2。NedKelly（2003）

illamajorpartofAustralianpopularculture。Hisstoryhasbeentoldinbooks，movies，playsandtelevisionshows。Hisimagehasbeenusedffromcakestotattoos。NedKellyisa2003AustraliaedbyGregorJordan。ThemovieshowsthelifeofNedKellyandisbasedoDrewe’sbookOurSunshine。