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A review of Russel Ward's book 'The Australian Legend' criticises its tendency to identify the Australian bush and the bushman as the model for Australian life. Ward presents a reply, pointing out to the ambiguities in the criticism and reiterating that the current urban, capitalistic Australian society was built from its rural bushlife and bushmen.