Joe Wilson And His Mates

This collection was published in 1901 and contains some of Lawson's best known stories.Most of the stories are set in the Australian bush and feature many of Lawson's iconic characters like squatters swagmen and struggling selector farmers. A persistent theme is the harshness of rural life and the inevitability of personal tragedy.The Author’s Farewell to the BushmenJoe Wilson’s CourtshipBrighten’s Sister-In-LawWater Them GeraniumsA Double Buggy at Lahey's CreekThe Writer Wants to say a WordThe Golden GraveyardThe Chinaman’s GhostThe Loaded DogPoisonous Jimmy Gets LeftThe Ghostly DoorA Wild IrishmanThe Babies in the BushA Bush DanceThe Buck-JumperJimmy Grimshaw’s WooingAt Dead DingoTelling Mrs BakerA Hero in Dingo-ScrubsThe Little World Left BehindThe Never-Never CountryText prepared by Denis DalyAudio edited by Denis Daly