Papers [manuscript]. 1917-1979.

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Papers [manuscript]. 1917-1979.

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Bound volume, including the "Rebecca Wiley fragments" of Henry Lawson papers collated by collector Geoffrey Cains. The volume includes; - 1. Signed unpublished handwritten poem "Hawkers" (1917) 2. Five unpublished handwritten letters to George Robertson (1920-22). 3. Typescript copies of 2 letters from Robertson. 4. Two page note from Rebecca Wiley. 5. Miscellanea including a copy of Lawson's 1905 will, 2 portraits, newspaper obituaries, commemorative souvenirs, press extracts and photographs.

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Lawson, Henry, 1867-1922

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Short-story writer, balladist. Born 1867 at Grenfell, N.S.W., died in Sydney, 1922. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1917-1979. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225828202 Henry Lawson was one of Australia's greatest short-story writers and poets, and became, for many twentieth century critics, the personification of Australian literature. The images of the bush and bush people in Lawson's best stories have remained influential. Lawson's artistic decline...