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The drover’s wife is not a stereotypical woman. She is not a stereotypical woman because she is a strong and independent woman who takes on the male role while her husband is out droving.

The environment that the drover’s wife lives in is a very bushy, dry and drought conditioned “The drought of 18- ruined him”. The landscape shapes her character because she is isolated from civilization and there needs to be independent “bushes all around with no horizon” this builds up her character of not being a stereotypical female. She has sacrificed her femininity because “Her surroundings are not favourable to be development of the ‘womanly’ or sentimental side of nature”. The quote breaks the stereotypical female image as she gave up being a woman
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