Talk:The Bush

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[edit] Question

Would bits on bushtucker and bushranger be relevant here or should they be 'see also's?

Definitely 'see also's' the way this article is going!

Article Bushland might be a good place for the above links? Asa01 01:54, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] George

Trying to make head or tail of the bush mess is bad enough for an editor, what about a genuine seeker of info from wikipedia? The Bush (Australian) was put into a global context in The Bush article, now its pointed out there is a bushland article which is duplicating The Bush (Australian) original intent. someone needs to start a disambig of Bush---- phrases from the Australian context, with a possibility that bushland needs an afd, and be absorbed into The Bush, australian section, and bushtucker (which should be two words, and bushranger linked to the mother of articles - the bush. Anyone?SatuSuro 02:58, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Definite article in name

Why does this article have "The" in the title? Refer Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(definite_and_indefinite_articles_at_beginning_of_name) Nurg 12:02, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

  • It falls under the exception in the policy you referred to, ie specific uses allowed under this convention: If a word without a definite article would have a general meaning, while the same word has a specific and identifiable meaning, understood by all, if adding the article, and if there is justification to have separate articles for both meanings, the specific meaning can be explained on a separate page, with a page title including the article.. The bush is not the same as bush--A Y Arktos\talk 23:38, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sydney or the Bush

I'm in Melbourne and have never heard this term before "Sydney or the Bush". Maybe more a Sydney phrase? Just how common in it? Asa01 19:26, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

  • While it is a well known term the meaning given currently in the article, is Another related term used in Australia is "Sydney or the Bush", which equates with such terms as "Hollywood or bust" to mean staking total success or failure on one high-risk event. is not a common one. I have asked for a source to be cited. The meaning I am familiar with is reference to the divide between the two, see for example, [1] which refers to "the old paradigm of Australia's divided self - Sydney or the Bush" or "The bush is going bust while the cities boom." at [2]. I have sought a reference for the article's assertion--A Y Arktos\talk 23:48, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
  • as the person who added that item to the artice, AY has asked me to provide a reference, which - to be honest - I can't find. The place I've heard the phrase most is in one-day cricket, where it's very commonly used by commentators referring to players needing to risk everything by slogging in the last few overs. Perhaps, weirdly, it's a phrase more used in New Zealand than Australia! Grutness...wha? 00:43, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
  • I confess to not being a cricket-watcher, although I did enjoy the commentary a couple of years ago by I think it was Harsha Bhogle - he was brilliant but probably not going to use the idiom Sydney or the Bush :-) I am happy to abide with Wikipedia:Common knowledge#Should I believe what other editors say?, ie I believe Grutness, but I think the article should be clarified and give also the more general Australian meaning of divide between the two.--A Y Arktos\talk 01:04, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
The only time I've ever heard this is in a Peanuts comic. There was a series of them, where Charlie Brown's sister Sally chants "Sydney or the Bush!" at every opportunity. It seems to roughly have the "all or nothing" connotation. Bear in mind that CB is an old comic (the 50s?), from the US. I had speculated that it was a reference to the colonisation of Australia, where if the settlement at Sydney cove had failed, the settlers would have found themselves in the bush. But I think I was wrong. :) I also note another reference at List of songs about Sydney. Stevage 13:49, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
Heh, see The Inbreds too. Stevage 13:51, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

The phrase is used twice in the animated cartoon "A Boy Named Charlie Brown" (1969), whose writing is credited to Charles Schulz. In context, it appears to mean "all or nothing". The second use of the phrase comes as the spelling bee that will make or break Charlie's reputation with his friends is about to begin. Pig Pen comments, "It's Sydney or the bush for Charlie Brown." (NTSC version time code 2.06.00) I'll leave the first instance for another industrious soul. Bocomo 18:34, 26 May 2006 (UTC)Bocomo

I've foud a couple of "second-hand" references - websites quoting an Australian slang dictionary and Australian companion to Literature, both of which use the term. Unfortunately I don't have copies of the original books available to me, but hopefully someone can work it through from there. Grutness...wha? 23:53, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

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