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Joe Wilson and His Mates

Henry Lawson (1867–1922)

Short stories · first published 1901 · Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood

The linked Joe Wilson stories, often counted among Lawson's finest work, following a bushman's courtship and marriage.

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About 82,908 words · roughly 5.8 hours of reading (medium) · 15 sections online

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In Australia

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.

In the United States

First published in 1901. In the United States, works published before 1 January 1931 are in the public domain.

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Contents

  1. JOE WILSON AND HIS MATES
  2. by Henry Lawson
  3. JOE WILSON AND HIS MATES
  4. The Author’s Farewell to the Bushmen.
  5. Part I.
  6. Joe Wilson’s Courtship.
  7. Brighten’s Sister-In-Law.
  8. ‘Water Them Geraniums’.
  9. I. A Lonely Track.
  10. II. ‘Past Carin’’.
  11. A Double Buggy at Lahey’s Creek.
  12. I. Spuds, and a Woman’s Obstinacy.
  13. II. Joe Wilson’s Luck.
  14. III. The Ghost of Mary’s Sacrifice.
  15. IV. The Buggy Comes Home.
  16. The Writer Wants to Say a Word.
  17. Part II.
  18. The Golden Graveyard.
  19. The Chinaman’s Ghost.
  20. The Loaded Dog.
  21. Poisonous Jimmy Gets Left.
  22. I. Dave Regan’s Yarn.
  23. II. Told by One of the Other Drovers.
  24. The Ghostly Door.
  25. Told by one of Dave’s mates.
  26. A Wild Irishman.
  27. The Babies in the Bush.
  28. A Bush Dance.
  29. The Buck-Jumper.
  30. Saturday afternoon.
  31. Jimmy Grimshaw’s Wooing.
  32. At Dead Dingo.
  33. Telling Mrs Baker.
  34. A Hero in Dingo-Scrubs.
  35. The Little World Left Behind.
  36. The Never-Never Country.

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