The bush refers to sparsely-inhabited rural areas in Australia. The bush is similar to the Australian “outback,” but unlike “outback,” which refers solely to arid landscapes, the bush can also refer to agricultural lands or green areas. In the story, bushwomen and bushmen are, accordingly, (white) settlers who live in the bush.
Bush Quotes in The Drover’s Wife
The The Drover’s Wife quotes below are all either spoken by Bush or refer to Bush. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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The Drover’s Wife
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No undergrowth. Nothing to relieve the eye save the darker green of a few she-oaks which are sighing above the narrow, almost waterless creek. Nineteen miles to the nearest sign of civilization—a shanty on the main road.
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He hates snakes and has killed many, but he will be bitten someday and die; most snake-dogs end that way.
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