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The Real Australian Legend in Barbara Baynton's The Chosen Vessel The last decade of the nineteenth century produced some of the most famous works of Australian literature - mostly all by men. Writers such as Henry Lawson and Banjo Patterson defined our culture and somehow managed to either portray women as simple objects or just left them out completely. The Australian legend, as it was formed in the literary works written by the men of this time, depicts a strong, masculine bushman with no fear of adventure and a good sense of humour. However, some of the female writers of the 1890's painted a very different picture. By including women in their work as more than just objects, shows how women themselves viewed the Australian legend - and it generally was not in a positive light. Although a lot of women's writing from this time had and has been rejected as...

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