Australian Poets – Henry Lawson

Arts Monday’s Dr Margaux Dombkins introduces a new series on Australian Poets – Old & New in conversation with author and poet,   Libby Hathorn. Our first episode features Henry Lawson (1867 – 1922), one of Australia’s best-known and most influential poets and writers. His short stories and poems are famous for depicting life in the Australian bush and he was, and still is, regarded as Australia’s ‘poet of the people’.

Following an Introduction to the series, Episode One explores the life and times of Henry Lawson – how his personal experiences shaped his writing. From his birth in a tent, to his school days, to his swagman days and writing for the Bulletin, to his ongoing financial struggles and time spent in gaol, to being the first non-official to be given a State Funeral and appearing on Australia’s first $10 note.  Henry Lawson’s poems discussed and read include: The Ballad of the Drover, The Never-Never Land, Andy’s Gone with Cattle, and On the Night Train.

YOU CAN LISTEN TO EPISODE ONE – HENRY LAWSON:

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      Margaux