The man on the land: classics in colonial Australia

Thesis

The 'man on the land', in his various guises – pioneer, bushman, farmer, Anzac – is an iconic figure in Australian culture. The nationalist tradition of which he is part has often been seen as vernacular and anti-British, with roots in the democracy of the bush in the nineteenth century. This thesis argues that ‘the man on the land’ was not autochthonous, and owes much to the classicising influences at work in New South Wales from European settlement to the First World War. It suggests tha...

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Authors: White, R

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford