The Bush

Don Watson, Hamish Hamilton, Don Watson

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ABC/ Bolinda Audio
28 October 2017

Humanities; Cultural studies

While most Australians live in cities clinging to the coastal fringe, our sense of what an Australian is, or should be, is drawn from the vast and varied inland called the bush. But what do we mean by 'the bush', and how has it shaped us?

Starting with his forebears' battle to drive back nature and eke a living from the land, Don Watson explores the bush as it was and as it now is: the triumphs and the ruination, the commonplace and the bizarre, the stories we like to tell about ourselves and the national character, and those we don't.

A milestone work of memoir, travel writing and history, The Bush takes us on a profoundly revelatory and entertaining journey through the Australian landscape and character.

By: Don Watson, Hamish Hamilton
Read by: Don Watson
Imprint: ABC/ Bolinda Audio
Country of Publication: Australia
Edition: Unabridged edition
Dimensions: Height: 134mm, Width: 146mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 258g
ISBN: 9781489410948
ISBN 10: 1489410945
Publication Date: 28 October 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: CD-Audio
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Bush

'Watson's magnificent, celebratory, contradictory study of the Australian bush will challenge the national imagination.' -- Thomas Keneally, winner of the Booker Prize 'If anyone wants a full blast of what Australia is, was, or might be, thrust The Bush into their hands. Watson seems to have been preparing to write it all his life ...' -- Sydney Morning Herald