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

Production copyright 2021 Voices of Today

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Release date

Lydbog: 16. juni 2021