The experiences and influences that presented themselves in Judith Wright's life expansively wrought the content of her poems. Her family and heritage appreciably influenced many ideas that she challenged in her poetry. Furthermore her parents molded many aspects of her character. Her sense of social obligation to the Aborigines and the environment was profound, influenced by her childhood. The time in which Wright grew up was an increasingly hostile one; ravaged with war, brutality and environmental apathy, exposure to these horrors led her to assess the significance of humanity, nationalism, and relationships thus extensively shaping her poetry.

Wright's personal history carved her morals and beliefs, consequently influencing the concepts depicted in her poetry. Wright was born into a rural family, whose ancestry in the land went back as far as the 1830s. Her ancestors were granted property in the Hunter Valley; hence Wright was raised encompassed by nature...