Journal article
Emotional challenges to masculinity in the 1930s Callide Valley closer settlement, Australia
International Review of Environmental History, Vol.7(1), pp.63-82
2021
Abstract
When the Callide Valley closer settlement scheme was opened in central Queensland in 1927 its design was based on a gendered rural ideal. A farming man was to be hard-working, stoic and tough, able to withstand the unpredictable climate and environmental conditions to tame the land, build the new nation and provide for his family; acts by which he could construct and demonstrate his settler masculinity, while cultivating the land. Through an analysis of settler correspondence to a Queensland government enquiry in 1934, this article problematises the myths of masculinity in this rural community to explore the emotional and mental strain on male settlers when the environment posed limits to settler economic and agricultural success.
Details
- Title
- Emotional challenges to masculinity in the 1930s Callide Valley closer settlement, Australia
- Authors
- Margaret Cook (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sustainability Research Centre
- Publication details
- International Review of Environmental History, Vol.7(1), pp.63-82
- Publisher
- Australian National University Press
- DOI
- 10.22459/IREH.07.01.2021.04
- ISSN
- 2205-3212
- Organisation Unit
- Sustainability Research Centre; School of Law and Society; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99548403602621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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