Backbencher

In the recording of Manning Clark, he talks about Henry Lawson. He said that Henry Lawson wrote many great stories of Australians and who they really were. Lawson wrote stories with characters that were from the bush. In the address he says that bush culture was doomed do to thier irrelevancy by industrialization. The people of Australia were going to be nation of suburbaites with a desert at their heart. I think that phrase says alot by thinking that Australians are going to move into the city with not wanting to adapt to the culture of it. They all are men of the bush. With this brings a sort of an American culture with themes of Broadway musical comedies, for music people who remember were they came from and won't let it go. Before all of this the thoughts of the bush were of the way it should be, beautiful. The songs from Banjo Paterson held the meaning of the bush with songs such as The Man From Snowy River and Clancy of the Over Flow. Living in the bush brought a faith that was greater than that of Christian hope. The faith was of a "brotherhood of man" and "the mission of labor". Next, there was the Vietnam era, which brought an era of greed and titillation culture. This era brought on songs of protest and lacked the survival aspect.
I think that Clark has a very strong opinion about the history of Australia and likes to tell the story of it. I think he makes some good points such as being lovers and beliecers and not mockers. I wonder what gave him this great passion for his knowledge?