AustLit

'This article explores the conjunctions between bush mythologies and masculinity in late-nineteenth-century Australia, through a focus on sexuality. First, I examine Ward's attitudes towards the sexuality of the bushman, in particular his constructions of heterosexuality, homosexuality, homosociality and inter-race sexuality. It was Ward who more than any other scholar of his generation introduced us to the subtleties of the bushman's private world, and numerous historians of sexuality have since drawn freely on his work, including Dennis Altman, John Rickard and Clive Moore. While acknowledging Ward's legacy, this article also considers alternative ways of thinking about masculinity, the male body and sexuality in the 1890s.'

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