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The Bush Myth: Internationalisation, Tradition and Community in the Australian Context

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The Australian bush has many meanings. Notably, the bush is an environment of both nostalgic loss and regeneration, and is a contradictory place capable of signifying homeliness and otherness. This article examines the durability of the myth of the Australian bush as a locale for the internationalisation of capital, employment and environmental management and as a resource for traditional concepts of Australian identity.

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  1. University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

    Ashly Pinnington (Senior Lecturer)

  2. Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

    George Lafferty (Professor of Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations)

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Pinnington, A., Lafferty, G. The Bush Myth: Internationalisation, Tradition and Community in the Australian Context. Philos. of Manag. 4, 5–13 (2004). https://doi.org/10.5840/pom2004432

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