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Great Australian Short Stories
Written by Henry Lawson, Guy Boothby, Banjo Paterson and John Barry
Narrated by Cathy Dobson
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A fascinating collection of short stories by some of Australia's best classic writers:
"A Visit to Droughtland", by Banjo Paterson
"The Drover’s Wife", by Henry Lawson
"Hughey’s Dog", by Banjo Paterson
"A Professor of Egyptology", by Guy Boothby
"In the Cattle Country", by Banjo Paterson
"The Restless Dead", by Lord Halifax
"An Error of Judgement", by John Barry
"A Strange Goldfield", by Guy Boothby
"The Dog", by Banjo Paterson
"The Downfall of Mulligans", by Banjo Paterson
"A Visit to Droughtland", by Banjo Paterson
"The Drover’s Wife", by Henry Lawson
"Hughey’s Dog", by Banjo Paterson
"A Professor of Egyptology", by Guy Boothby
"In the Cattle Country", by Banjo Paterson
"The Restless Dead", by Lord Halifax
"An Error of Judgement", by John Barry
"A Strange Goldfield", by Guy Boothby
"The Dog", by Banjo Paterson
"The Downfall of Mulligans", by Banjo Paterson
Author
Henry Lawson
Henry Lawson was born in Grenfell, NSW, in 1867. At 14 he became totally deaf, an affliction which many have suggested rendered his world all the more vivid and subsequently enlivened his later writing. After a stint of coach painting, he edited a periodical, The Republican, and began writing verse and short stories. His first work of short fiction appeared in the Bulletin in 1888. He travelled and wrote short fiction and poetry throughout his life and published numerous collections of both even as his marriage collapsed and he descended into poverty and mental illness. He died in 1922, leaving his wife and two children.
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