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Children of the Bush

Henry Lawson (1867–1922)

Short stories and verse · first published 1902 · London: Methuen

Stories and verse of shearers, travellers and bush characters, including "Send Round the Hat".

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About 85,952 words · roughly 6.0 hours of reading (medium) · 19 sections online

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Henry Lawson (author) died in 1922. Australian copyright then lasted 50 years after the author's death, so it ended on 31 December 1972. The 2005 extension to 70 years did not revive copyright that had already expired.

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First published in 1902. In the United States, works published before 1 January 1931 are in the public domain.

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Contents

  1. Children of the Bush
  2. by Henry Lawson
  3. Contents
  4. SEND ROUND THE HAT
  5. THAT PRETTY GIRL IN THE ARMY
  6. “LORD DOUGLAS”
  7. THE BLINDNESS OF ONE-EYED BOGAN
  8. TWO SUNDOWNERS
  9. A SKETCH OF MATESHIP
  10. ON THE TUCKER TRACK: A STEELMAN STORY
  11. A BUSH PUBLICAN’S LAMENT
  12. THE SHEARER’S DREAM
  13. THE LOST SOULS’ HOTEL
  14. THE BOOZERS’ HOME
  15. THE SEX PROBLEM AGAIN
  16. THE ROMANCE OF THE SWAG
  17. “BUCKOLTS’ GATE” AN AUSTRALIAN STORY
  18. PROLOGUE
  19. ACT I
  20. ACT II
  21. ACT III
  22. ACT IV
  23. THE BUSH-FIRE
  24. I.—SQUATTER AND SELECTOR
  25. II.—ROMEO AND JULIET
  26. III.—A TRAMP’S MATCH AND WHAT IT DID
  27. IV.—THE FIRE AT ROSS’S FARM
  28. THE HOUSE THAT WAS NEVER BUILT
  29. “BARNEY, TAKE ME HOME AGAIN”
  30. A DROVING YARN
  31. GETTIN’ BACK ON DAVE REGAN
  32. A RATHER FISHY YARN FROM THE BUSH
  33. “SHALL WE GATHER AT THE RIVER?”
  34. HIS BROTHER’S KEEPER
  35. THE STORY OF “GENTLEMAN ONCE”
  36. THE GHOSTS OF MANY CHRISTMASES
  37. Transcriber’s Notes:

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