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The Bush

By: Don Watson, Hamish Hamilton
Narrated by: Don Watson
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An enthralling journey, showcasing Watson's trademark literary gift and sardonic wit, through the Australian landscape and character.

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.

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Attitude confirmation for me living and enjoying living in the bush, SE NSW.
Also a few more hard truths I need to attend, rectify.
Thank you for the advice, if unintentional.

Every soul living or contemplating living in the bush, a must read

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I enjoyed the journey from the early days to current bush practices. The farmers and their stories with a few interesting moments in between.
Well written & narrated.
Brilliant!

'A Must Read Book'

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Every Australian who thinks they care about the bush (and that's lots of us) must read this book. But not only is it important comma it's also incredibly entertaining and jam packed full of "wow I didn't know that" moments.

Australia's prose laureate

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Truthfully told, sometimes shocking observation of Australia's history since white man. Excellent narration by the author

All Australians ought read

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Impeccable research, engrossing, utterly tragic what white settlement has destroyed. It’s hard not to cry

A paradise lost

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