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Bush Studies

by Barbara BAYNTON (1857 - 1929)

02 - Squeaker's Mate

Bush Studies is a short story collection published in London in 1902. Baynton presents a grimly realist view of bush life in Australia for women in colonial Australia. She wrote in response to Henry Lawson's romantic depiction of bush life during the same era. - Summary by Kirsty Leishman

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Listen next episodes of Bush Studies:
03 - Scrammy 'and , 04 - Billy Skywonkie , 05 - Bush Church , 06 - The Chosen Vessel