Discuss the concept of ‘mateship’ with reference to the writers you have read.

As he rose on his elbow and said :
Chorus : ‘ Wrap me up with my stackwhip and blanket,
And bury me deep down below,
Where the dingoes and crows can’t molest me,
In the shade where the coolibahs grow.
Oavis : 18)

The concept of mateship gradually enlarged itself into the sense of solidarity among people of the community. The commitment to the community gradually developed into a comprehensive craving for national identity among Australians. This gave birth to the publication of the Bulletin whose editors gave a clarion call for writing about Australia. Hence the concept of mateship is important and relevant to the growth of Australian poetry in the nineteenth century.