Joe Wilson and His Mates

Summary

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 inevitability 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