Bush

Most Australians live in cities and cling to the coastal fringe, yet 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 triump...