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Notes

  • 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", Tally , single work poetry (p. 80-85)
The Poet by Telegraphi"Oh, the cheek of poetasters! Oh, the self conceit of men!", Tally , single work poetry (p. 86-88)
What Huey Didn't Doi"'What's Huey done for Labour?'", Tally , single work poetry (p. 89-92)
Have You Heardi"Did you hear in last September how a certain 'Labour' member -", Tally , single work poetry (p. 93-94)
Old Labour and the Echoi"I heard old Labour call across", Tally , single work poetry (p. 94-96)
The Lissington Verdicti"They thirteen at Lissington,", Tally , single work poetry (p. 96-97)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • North Ryde, Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: HarperCollins Australia , 1996 .
      Description: map; bibl; illus; ports.
      Note/s:
      • Includes bibliographical references (p. 336-337) and indexes.
      • Reprinted 2009 Nerang DC, Qld. : Robyn Lee Burrows

Other Formats

  • Also sound recording.

Works about this Work

The Making of a Legend : Henry Lawson at Bourke John Barnes , 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 Christopher Lee , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 153 1998; (p. 92-93)

— Review of Henry Lawson : A Stranger on the Darling Alan Barton , 1996 single work criticism biography
A Henry Lawson Discovery? Carol Mills , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Margin , April no. 41 1997; (p. 33)

— Review of Henry Lawson : A Stranger on the Darling Alan Barton , 1996 single work criticism biography
A Lost Arcadia John Arnold , 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 Alan Barton , 1996 single work criticism biography
Paperbacks Fiona Capp , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 25 January 1997; (p. 8)

— Review of The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses A. B. Paterson , 1895 selected work poetry ; Henry Lawson : A Stranger on the Darling Alan Barton , 1996 single work criticism biography ; Henry Handel Richardson : The Getting of Wisdom, Stories, Selected Prose and Correspondence Henry Handel Richardson , 1997 selected work novel short story extract biography criticism correspondence
Paperbacks Fiona Capp , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 25 January 1997; (p. 8)

— Review of The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses A. B. Paterson , 1895 selected work poetry ; Henry Lawson : A Stranger on the Darling Alan Barton , 1996 single work criticism biography ; Henry Handel Richardson : The Getting of Wisdom, Stories, Selected Prose and Correspondence Henry Handel Richardson , 1997 selected work novel short story extract biography criticism correspondence
Doing It Hard Michael Wilding , 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 Alan Barton , 1996 single work criticism biography
Enlarging the File on Two Large Literary Figures Tim Thorne , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Mercury , 9 December 1996; (p. 25)

— Review of Henry Lawson : A Stranger on the Darling Alan Barton , 1996 single work criticism biography
For Lovers of Lawson Maurice Dunlevy , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 21 December 1996; (p. C9)

— Review of Henry Lawson : A Stranger on the Darling Alan Barton , 1996 single work criticism biography
A Lost Arcadia John Arnold , 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 Alan Barton , 1996 single work criticism biography
Lawson's Lost Poems Found Amanda Smith , 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 Geraldine O'Brien , 1996 single work column biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19 October 1996; (p. 3)
Lawson's Lost Year David Elias , 1996 single work biography
— Appears in: The Age , 6 November 1996; (p. A11)
The Lost Poems of Henry Lawson Terry O'Connor , 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 John Barnes , 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:
  • 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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