After Lawson's return to Sydney from Western Australia and New Zealand, Angus and Robertson published Over the Sliprails in conjunction with another collection of prose, On the Tracks. This melange of new and previously published material reveals Lawson's astounding ability to portray Australian rural life during the colonial period.
After some time in Western Australia and New Zealand Lawson returned to Sydney in 1898 and published with Angus and Robertson in 1900 the works On the Tracks and Over the Sliprails. Over the Sliprails includes:
The Shanty Keeper
A Gentleman Sharper and Steelman Sharper
An Incident at Stiffner's
A Hero of Redclay
The Darling River
A Case for the Oracle
A Daughter of Maoriland
New Year's Night
Black Joe
They Wait on the Wharf in Black
Seeing the Last of You
Two Boys at Grinder Brother's
The Selector's Daughter
Mitchell on the Sex and Other Problems
The Master's Mistake
The Story of the Oracle
Henry Lawson (1867-1922) was born and raised on the gold fields of Glenfell and Gulgong in New South Wales. He became known as a bush poet and short story writer following his work as journalist for the Queensland radical newspaper the Boomerang where his republican and socialist views found expression. He established his reputation as the people's poet and story teller. However, he lived an itinerant life with and without his family, living in Western Australia, New Zealand and England. On his return to Sydney in 1902 his alcoholism and mental illness increased, leading to his separation from his wife and children.
After some time in Western Australia and New Zealand Lawson returned to Sydney in 1898 and published with Angus and Robertson in 1900 the works On the Tracks and Over the Sliprails. Over the Sliprails includes:
The Shanty Keeper
A Gentleman Sharper and Steelman Sharper
An Incident at Stiffner's
A Hero of Redclay
The Darling River
A Case for the Oracle
A Daughter of Maoriland
New Year's Night
Black Joe
They Wait on the Wharf in Black
Seeing the Last of You
Two Boys at Grinder Brother's
The Selector's Daughter
Mitchell on the Sex and Other Problems
The Master's Mistake
The Story of the Oracle
Henry Lawson (1867-1922) was born and raised on the gold fields of Glenfell and Gulgong in New South Wales. He became known as a bush poet and short story writer following his work as journalist for the Queensland radical newspaper the Boomerang where his republican and socialist views found expression. He established his reputation as the people's poet and story teller. However, he lived an itinerant life with and without his family, living in Western Australia, New Zealand and England. On his return to Sydney in 1902 his alcoholism and mental illness increased, leading to his separation from his wife and children.
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