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The Drover's Wife
The Drover's Wife is a 1945 painting by Australian artist Russell Drysdale. The painting depicts a flat, barren landscape with a woman in a plain dress in the foreground. The drover with his horses and wagon are in the background. The painting has been described as "an allegory of the white Australian people's relationship with this ancient land." Henry Lawson's 1892 short story "The Drover's Wife" is widely seen as an inspiration for the painting, although Drysdale denies that.
Drover's Wife" (1980), satirises the bush ethos of Lawson and academics who study him.
- Barbara Jefferis's story, "The Drover's Wife" (1980), provides a feminist viewpoint of the story.
- Damien Broderick's story, "The Drover's Wife's Dog" (1991), narrates the story from the point of view of the dog.
- Ryan O'Neill's 2018 collection of stories, "The Drover's Wives: 99 Reinterpretations of Henry Lawson's Australian Classic