The bush
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"The bush", a term mostly used in the English vernacular of Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa, is largely synonymous with hinterlands or backwoods. The fauna and flora contained within t
The Australian bush
Frederick McCubbin's 1889 painting Down on His Luck shows a swagman camping in the bush. McCubbin and other members of the Heidelberg School art movement depicted the bush in many of their paintings, contributing to its mythological status within Australian culture.
New Zealand's bush is variable in appearance, but generally the term connotes densely forested areas, like this one around Lake Gunn in Fiordland.
Icons of the Australian bush: bracken, corrugated iron, eucalyptus leaves, banksia, bramble, felt hat, billy, stockwhip and elastic-side boots
Outback
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The Outback is a remote, vast, sparsely populated area of Australia. It is more remote than what Australians call “the bush”. While often envisaged as being arid, the Outback regions extend from the n
The bush
…settlers, especially their children, could be lost, the latter most notably being the theme of Joan Lindsay's 1967 novel Picnic at Hanging Rock. The term "Outback" is also used, but usually in association with the more arid inland areas of Australia, as is, to a lesser degree "mulga". "The bush" also refers to…
View across sand plains and salt pans to Mount Conner, Central Australia
Tourism sign post in Yalgoo, Western Australia
MacDonnell Ranges in the Northern Territory are found in the centre of the mainland.
Fitzgerald River National Park in Western Australia