Joe Wilson and His Mates

oe Wilson and His Mates


By Henry Lawson


Narrated by Amy Soakes and Denis Daly


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 inevitablity of personal tragedy.


1) The Author's Farewell to the Bushmen


2) Joe Wilson's Courtship


3) Brighten's Sister-In-Law


4) 'Water Them Geraniums'


5) A Double Buggy at Lahey's Creek


6) The Writer Wants to say a Word


7) The Golden Graveyard


8) The Chinaman's Ghost


9) The Loaded Dog


10) Poisonous Jimmy Gets Left


11) The Ghostly Door


12) A Wild Irishman


13) The Babies in the Bush


14) A Bush Dance


15) The Buck-Jumper


16) Jimmy Grimshaw's Wooing


17) At Dead Dingo


18) Telling Mrs Baker


19) A Hero in Dingo-Scrubs


20) The Little World Left Behind


21) The Never-Never Country


Text prepared by Denis Daly


Audio edited by Denis Daly


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