The Jindyworobaks found inspiration in the Australian bush ballad tradition, "Kangaroo" (1928) by D. H. Lawrence and P. R. Stephensen's "The Foundations of Culture in Australia" (1936), and shared a vision similar to that of some of their contemporaries in the arts, such as author Xavier Herbert, artist Margaret Preston and composer John Antill. However, the movement also attracted criticism for being culturally insular and overtly nationalist. The "Jindyworobak Anthology" was published annually from 1938 to 1953, and the "Jindyworobak Review" (1948) collected the first ten years of this publication. An extensive history of the movement, "The Jindyworobaks", was published in 1979.