Henry Lawson’s Death – Cause and Date

The novelist Henry Lawson died at the age of 55. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Australian colonial period writer and poet who is known for Freedom on the Wallaby and other works. He is considered Australia’s greatest writer of short stories.

He wed Bertha Bredt and had a son and a daughter. Sadly, his struggles with alcoholism led to the collapse of his marriage.

Quotes

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And opposite the bench, the dock, divided by a partition, with the women to the left and the men to the right, as it is on the stairs or the block in polite society.

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On the same line of reasoning, if Australians were to be Australians, or rather if Australians were as separate from any other nation as Australia from any other land, there would be no jealousy between them on England’s account.

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It is the same with revolution; so long as the proper spirit is spreading amongst our young men, we are satisfied that it spreads without bombast or parade.

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We shall never be understood or respected by the English until we carry our individuality to extremes, and by asserting our independence, become of sufficient consequence in their eyes to merit a closer study than they have hitherto accorded us.

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Why on earth do we want closer connection with England? We have little in common with English people except our language. We are fast becoming an entirely different people.