Irony
There is actually very little irony in the text, but one example is the situational irony that occurs when, having praised the man for stacking the woodpile so big, it turns out that the woodpile had, in fact, been empty inside.
The drover's wife is a nuanced and complex figure, neither fully conforming to nor fully deviating from from late 19th century Western gender roles and expectations. On the one hand, she is the ultimate mother, putting her children's needs before...
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