Sentence:  Its<nowiki>[</nowiki>The Bulletin's<nowiki>]</nowiki> writers shaped ‘a group myth about Australians and their destiny'; in the absence of conventional heroes, visiting the past to claim the <WSD>bushman</WSD> as the first ‘Australian', the anti-hero in the struggles against empire. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A man who lives in or has extensive experience of the Australian bush or outback.