Henry Lawson

Henry Lawson (17 June, 1867, Grenfell goldfields, New South Wales - 2 September, 1922, Sydney) was an Australian writer and poet. Lawson and his contemporary Banjo Patterson are the best-known Australian fiction writers of the colonial period.

Major works

• St Peter (poem)
• A Child in the Dark, and a Foreign Father (story)
• In the days when the world was wide (collection of verses)
• Joe Wilson and His Mates (collection)
• On the Track (collection)
• Verses Popular and Humorous
• While the Billy Boils (collection, includes "The Drover's Wife")