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Notes
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Dedication:
For my father - Alan Barton
...his dream
...our collaboration
...a tribute to his life and interests
This book is also dedicated to our forebears, Wakefield and Jessie Barton, who settled in the Wanaaring district west of Bourke around 1873. Of their family of fourteen, only six survived to adulthood and they were the first generations of Barton children to be raised on the Paroo River - Edmund, Blanche Rosalie, Alan Wickstead, Adelaide Mary, Elsie Pearl and Eldred Wakefield. (From 2009 reprint)
Contents
* Contents derived from the
North Ryde,
Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area,
Northwest Sydney,
Sydney,
New South Wales,:HarperCollins Australia
, 1996 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Poet on the Centrali"There's a poet on the Central, and his verses are sublime", single work poetry (p. 80-85)
- The Poet by Telegraphi"Oh, the cheek of poetasters! Oh, the self conceit of men!", single work poetry (p. 86-88)
- What Huey Didn't Doi"'What's Huey done for Labour?'", single work poetry (p. 89-92)
- Have You Heardi"Did you hear in last September how a certain 'Labour' member -", single work poetry (p. 93-94)
- Old Labour and the Echoi"I heard old Labour call across", single work poetry (p. 94-96)
- The Lissington Verdicti"They thirteen at Lissington,", single work poetry (p. 96-97)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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The Making of a Legend : Henry Lawson at Bourke
2017
single work
biography
— Appears in: The La Trobe Journal , March no. 99 2017; (p. 35-49) '‘If you know Bourke, you know Australia’, Henry Lawson wrote to Edward Garnett in February 1902, a few months before returning to Australia from England. He explained to Garnett that his new collection of stories, which he hen called ‘The Heart of Australia’, was ‘centred at Bourke and all the Union leaders are in it'. (When published later that year it was entitled Children of he Bush – a title probably chosen by the London publisher.) A decade after e had been there, Lawson was revisiting in memory a place that had had a profound influence on him. It is no exaggeration to say that his one and only stay in what he and other Australians called the ‘Out Back’ was crucial to his envelopment as a prose writer. Without the months that he spent in the northest of New South Wales, it is unlikely that he would ever have achieved the legendary status that he did as an interpreter of ‘the real Australia’.' (Introduction) -
Lawson, the Bush and a Little Bit of Politics
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 153 1998; (p. 92-93)
— Review of Henry Lawson : A Stranger on the Darling 1996 single work criticism biography -
A Henry Lawson Discovery?
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Margin , April no. 41 1997; (p. 33)
— Review of Henry Lawson : A Stranger on the Darling 1996 single work criticism biography -
A Lost Arcadia
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 190 1997; (p. 31-32)
— Review of Henry Lawson : A Stranger on the Darling 1996 single work criticism biography -
Paperbacks
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 25 January 1997; (p. 8)
— Review of The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses 1895 selected work poetry ; Henry Lawson : A Stranger on the Darling 1996 single work criticism biography ; Henry Handel Richardson : The Getting of Wisdom, Stories, Selected Prose and Correspondence 1997 selected work novel short story extract biography criticism correspondence
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Paperbacks
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 25 January 1997; (p. 8)
— Review of The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses 1895 selected work poetry ; Henry Lawson : A Stranger on the Darling 1996 single work criticism biography ; Henry Handel Richardson : The Getting of Wisdom, Stories, Selected Prose and Correspondence 1997 selected work novel short story extract biography criticism correspondence -
Doing It Hard
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7-8 December 1996; (p. rev 7)
— Review of Henry Lawson : A Stranger on the Darling 1996 single work criticism biography -
Enlarging the File on Two Large Literary Figures
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Mercury , 9 December 1996; (p. 25)
— Review of Henry Lawson : A Stranger on the Darling 1996 single work criticism biography -
For Lovers of Lawson
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 21 December 1996; (p. C9)
— Review of Henry Lawson : A Stranger on the Darling 1996 single work criticism biography -
A Lost Arcadia
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 190 1997; (p. 31-32)
— Review of Henry Lawson : A Stranger on the Darling 1996 single work criticism biography -
Lawson's Lost Poems Found
1996
single work
column
biography
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 21 October 1996; (p. 4) -
Lawson's Lost Poems Show His Insight Into Bush Hardships
1996
single work
column
biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19 October 1996; (p. 3) -
Lawson's Lost Year
1996
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Age , 6 November 1996; (p. A11) -
The Lost Poems of Henry Lawson
1996
single work
column
biography
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 16 November 1996; (p. wkd 9) -
The Making of a Legend : Henry Lawson at Bourke
2017
single work
biography
— Appears in: The La Trobe Journal , March no. 99 2017; (p. 35-49) '‘If you know Bourke, you know Australia’, Henry Lawson wrote to Edward Garnett in February 1902, a few months before returning to Australia from England. He explained to Garnett that his new collection of stories, which he hen called ‘The Heart of Australia’, was ‘centred at Bourke and all the Union leaders are in it'. (When published later that year it was entitled Children of he Bush – a title probably chosen by the London publisher.) A decade after e had been there, Lawson was revisiting in memory a place that had had a profound influence on him. It is no exaggeration to say that his one and only stay in what he and other Australians called the ‘Out Back’ was crucial to his envelopment as a prose writer. Without the months that he spent in the northest of New South Wales, it is unlikely that he would ever have achieved the legendary status that he did as an interpreter of ‘the real Australia’.' (Introduction)
Last amended 17 May 2010 08:40:14
Subjects:
- The Bulletin 1880 periodical (6777 issues)
- Bourke, Bourke - Brewarrina area, Far West NSW, New South Wales,
- Hungerford, Bourke - Brewarrina area, Far West NSW, New South Wales,
- 1800-1899
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