Question #68494. Asked by skankbanger.
Last updated Jun 13 2021.
The pioneers who had cleared the land were often perceived as dim witted yokels by their city slicker cousins. This was made very clear in 1918, when attempts were made to organize an event in Sydney to be called Bush Week ... It should have been easily possible to have secured a better name for the “week” which is going to be conducted in Sydney for the purpose of advertising that part of New South Wales which is outside the city. The name “Bush” week is a survival of the old days and has little or no application now. On the other hand the term Country Week would be much more suitable and fitting ... Unfortunately the event was boycotted by people from the bush. Having learned their lesson, the promoters renamed it Country Week the following year, but it was never a great success. The term, ‘What do you think this is, Bush Week?’ slowly crept into the Australian lexicon. In some areas it was a reference to naive country bumpkins visiting the city and being taken advantage of. It was used in the context of, ‘What do you take me for, an idiot?’https://paulineconolly.com/2016/what-do-you-think-this-is-bush-week
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