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Traditional bush stories have always been a part of Australia's history; involving many types of characters like Drovers and Shearers, just to name a couple. Many writers have portrayed these traditional bush characters in different ways! The two bush stories "The Drovers Wife" and "The Graziers Wife" are set in two different time eras and written by two authors from totally different time periods. Both of the main characters in each of the bush stories …

…bush story written by Christobel Matting ley also portrays bush life to be harsh and depicts characters with enough determination to survive these conditions. When comparing these two women together 'The Drover's Wife' seems to be tougher even though she is younger she has more experience of surviving tough times without her husband rather than other. The characters in the modern bush story are definitely different to those characters in the tradition story. Shemarrah Samarasinha