The southern Australian Mallee is a broad ecoregion comprising distinct landscapes, and the clearing and farming of these lands have presented specific challenges to generations of white settlers. Cultivation of this region was characterised as 'one of the most strenuous and resolute battles with Nature'. So began the shaping of an enduring mythology around the 'Mallee man'. In the context of the settler state, this mythology was forged through race, place and gender, with devastating environmental consequences. It has been consistently evoked to suggest that the specific environment of the Mallee worked to produce a special type of 'home grown' masculinity. At the same time, the State sought to provide a particular type of man to work the Mallee lands. This article examines the ways ideas about masculinity shaped men's engagement with the environment and the impact of government settlement schemes on both the myth and lives of Mallee men.

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“Mallee-Made Man”：1890-1940 年在澳大利亚东南部的 Mallee 土地上打造阳刚之气

澳大利亚南部的 Mallee 是一个广阔的生态区，由不同的景观组成，这些土地的开垦和耕作对几代白人定居者提出了具体的挑战。该地区的耕作被描述为“与自然最艰苦、最坚决的战斗之一”。于是，围绕“Mallee man”开始了一个经久不衰的神话。在定居国的背景下，这个神话是由种族、地点和性别塑造的，对环境造成了毁灭性的后果。一直有人认为，Mallee 的特定环境产生了一种特殊的“本土”男子气概。与此同时，国家试图提供一种特殊类型的人来在马利的土地上工作。这篇文章探讨了关于男性气质的观念塑造男人的方式