Brighten’s Sister-in-law
By Henry Lawson JIM was born on Gulgong, New South Wales. We used to say…
Black Joe
By Henry Lawson They called him Black Joe, and me White Joe, by way of…
Bill, The Ventriloquial Rooster
By Henry Lawson “WHEN we were up country on the selection, we had a rooster…
Bermagui – In a Strange Sunset
By Henry Lawson BERMAGUI: Where The Mystery was – and where mystery is. Sunset, and…
Andy Page’s Rival
By Henry Lawson Tall and freckled and sandy, Face of a country lout; That was…
An Incident at Stiffner’s
By Henry Lawson They called him “Stiffner” because he used, long before, to get a…
A Gentleman Sharper and Steelman Sharper
By Henry Lawson Steelman and Smith had been staying at the hotel for several days…
A Daughter of Maoriland
By Henry Lawson The new native-school teacher, who was “green”, “soft”, and poetical, and had…
A Child in the Dark, and a Foreign Father
By Henry Lawson NEW Year’s Eve! A hot night in midsummer in the drought. It…
A Case for the Oracle
By Henry Lawson The Oracle and I were camped together. The Oracle was a bricklayer…