On the Track

Published originally in 1900 by Angus and Robertson, On the Track is a collection of short stories that captures the lives of men and women living in turn-of-the-century Australia, using humour and sympathy in the descriptions.

Henry Lawson (1867-1922) was a short story writer, journalist, novellist and perhaps, most notably, a balladist. He contributed prose and verse to a number of publications including Bulletin, Daily Worker and Boomerang.

Preface

1. The songs they used to sing
2. A vision of sandy blight
3. Andy Page’s rival
4. The iron-bark chip
5. ‘Middleton’s Peter’
6. The mystery of Dave Regan
7. Mitchell on matrimony
8. Mitchell on women
9. No place for a woman
10. Mitchell’s jobs
11. Bill the ventriloquial rooster
12. Bush cats
13. Meeting old mates
14. Two larrikins
15. Mr Smellingscheck
16. ‘A rough shed’
17. Payable gold
18. An oversight of Steelman’s
19. How Steelman told his story

Format: paperback
Size: 210 × 148 mm
94 pages
ISBN: 9781920897369
Publication: 01 Aug 2004
Series: SUP Classics