The Australian Legend by Russel Ward

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Pages have sunned. Light foxing to inside covers and top of half-title page. Body text and binding are still very good.

In this classic piece of Australian literary heritage, Russell Ward looks at the ideals, traits and behaviours Australians consider typical of themselves.

His now-famous, penetrating analysis of 19th-century Australian history shows how the characteristically Australian traits first found expression in the frontier life of the nomadic pastoral workers of the outback, eventually pervading Australian literature and life.

For his account, Ward has drawn on English and American literature, documents and statistics, journals and papers, and perhaps most vividly, Australian folk songs and ballads. (publisher blurb)

First published in 1958.