Re: Pull of the bush (was:Re: My proposal)

[Graham Dombkins <gaffa@ozemail.com.au>]

G'day all,
Jochen Alberty <ja@numerik.uni-kiel.d400.de> sez...
>Hi everybody,
>
>I'm a longtime reader of rec.music.gaffa but almost never posted. Now I
>stumbled over the following, which brought up this old question of mine:
>
>Rolf Peukert wrote:
>> The Dreaming: turn down the light. turn up your speakers (make sure the
>>         neighbours are out). feel the didgeridoo. find the bullroarer.
>>         count the sheep. dream.
>>         (sometimes i just have to do this. that's the pull of the Bush.)
>
>What does this "pull of the bush" in the song mean? Does anybody know it?

Sort of obvious that one Jochen. She's basically describing how white 
culture and alcohol are destroying Aboriginal society. They are being 
"pushed from the pull of the bush", forced from their traditional ways.

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