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Australian Legends: Representations of the Bush, 1813–1913Footnote∗

Richard Waterhouse University of Sydney,
Pages 201-221 | Published online: 29 Sep 2008

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  • I would like to thank the ARC for research funds, and Tessa Milne and Tom Sear for research assistance. I am grateful also to Stephen Garton, Grace Karskens, Marian Quartly, two anonymous Australian Historical Studies readers, and members of the research seminars in the history departments at the Universities of Newcastle, New South Wales and Sydney, for their constructive criticisms of earlier versions of this paper.

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