On the Track
Stories and sketches of travellers, shearers and selectors, with Lawson's recurring bushman Mitchell.
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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 1900. In the United States, works published before 1 January 1931 are in the public domain.
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rights.json, checked 2026-10-19. Death dates: Henry Lawson (Wikidata, ADB, catalogue). First publication: reference.
Contents
- ON THE TRACK
- by Henry Lawson
- Author of “While the Billy Boils”, and “When the World was Wide”
- Preface
- ON THE TRACK
- The Songs They used to Sing
- A Vision of Sandy Blight
- Andy Page's Rival
- The Iron-Bark Chip
- “Middleton's Peter”
- The Mystery of Dave Regan
- Mitchell on Matrimony
- Mitchell on Women
- No Place for a Woman
- Mitchell's Jobs
- Bill, the Ventriloquial Rooster
- Bush Cats
- Meeting Old Mates
- Two Larrikins
- Mr. Smellingscheck
- “A Rough Shed”
- Payable Gold
- An Oversight of Steelman's
- How Steelman told his Story
- About the author:
