bush life. This is shown in the following verse as it outlines how he perceived the bush to be:
             "Strong blows on the wedge, a rip and a tear,
             And spreading around through the pure mountain air,
             Is the scent of the wood newly cut."
             In the early 1900's Henry Lawson became all but too aware of the Asianisation of Australia and his works began to reflect his political ideology of which three major subjects kept on constantly appearing in his writings. These are, the promotion of a republic, the belief in a European Australia and the last, the desire for social justice. This appears in the poem 'To be Amused' written in 1906 with the verses:
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