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Mitchell’s jobs [short story, by Henry Lawson]

4 November 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is a chapter from On the Track (1900) by Henry Lawson.] Mitchell’s jobs “I’m going to knock off work and try to make some money,” said Mitchell, as he jerked the tea-leaves out of his pannikin and reached for the billy. “It’s been the great mistake of my … [Read more...] about Mitchell’s jobs [short story, by Henry Lawson]

Filed Under: short stories and anecdotes Tagged With: Henry Lawson (1867-1922) (author), On the Track (Henry Lawson 1900), short story, SourceCAPF, year1900

No place for a woman [short story, by Henry Lawson]

4 November 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is a chapter from On the Track (1900) by Henry Lawson.] No place for a woman He had a selection on a long box-scrub siding of the ridges, about half a mile back and up from the coach road. There were no neighbours that I ever heard of, and the nearest “town” … [Read more...] about No place for a woman [short story, by Henry Lawson]

Filed Under: short stories and anecdotes Tagged With: Henry Lawson (1867-1922) (author), On the Track (Henry Lawson 1900), short story, SourceCAPF, year1900

Mitchell on women [short story, by Henry Lawson]

4 November 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is a chapter from On the Track (1900) by Henry Lawson.] Mitchell on women “All the same,” said Mitchell’s mate, continuing an argument by the camp-fire; “all the same, I think that a woman can stand cold water better than a man. Why, when I was staying in a … [Read more...] about Mitchell on women [short story, by Henry Lawson]

Filed Under: short stories and anecdotes Tagged With: Henry Lawson (1867-1922) (author), On the Track (Henry Lawson 1900), short story, SourceCAPF, year1900

Mitchell on matrimony [short story, by Henry Lawson]

4 November 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is a chapter from On the Track (1900) by Henry Lawson.] Mitchell on matrimony “I suppose your wife will be glad to see you,” said Mitchell to his mate in their camp by the dam at Hungerford. They were overhauling their swags, and throwing away the blankets, … [Read more...] about Mitchell on matrimony [short story, by Henry Lawson]

Filed Under: short stories and anecdotes Tagged With: Henry Lawson (1867-1922) (author), On the Track (Henry Lawson 1900), short story, SourceCAPF, year1900

“Middleton’s Peter” [short story, by Henry Lawson]

4 November 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is a chapter from On the Track (1900) by Henry Lawson. This chapter is comprised of three parts: 1) The first born; 2) The only hope; 3) Doc. Wild.] “Middleton’s Peter” I. The first born The struggling squatter is to be found in Australia as well as … [Read more...] about “Middleton’s Peter” [short story, by Henry Lawson]

Filed Under: short stories and anecdotes Tagged With: Henry Lawson (1867-1922) (author), On the Track (Henry Lawson 1900), short story, SourceCAPF, year1900

The iron-bark chip [short story, by Henry Lawson]

4 November 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is a chapter from On the Track (1900) by Henry Lawson.] The iron-bark chip Dave Regan and party — bush-fencers, tank-sinkers, rough carpenters, &c. — were finishing the third and last culvert of their contract on the last section of the new railway line, and … [Read more...] about The iron-bark chip [short story, by Henry Lawson]

Filed Under: short stories and anecdotes Tagged With: Henry Lawson (1867-1922) (author), On the Track (Henry Lawson 1900), short story, SourceCAPF, year1900

Andy Page’s rival [short story, by Henry Lawson]

4 November 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is a chapter from On the Track (1900) by Henry Lawson.] Andy Page’s rival Tall and freckled and sandy, Face of a country lout; That was the picture of Andy — Middleton’s rouseabout. On Middleton’s wide dominions Plied the stock-whip and shears; Hadn’t … [Read more...] about Andy Page’s rival [short story, by Henry Lawson]

Filed Under: short stories and anecdotes Tagged With: Henry Lawson (1867-1922) (author), On the Track (Henry Lawson 1900), short story, SourceCAPF, year1900

A vision of Sandy Blight [short story, by Henry Lawson]

4 November 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is a chapter from On the Track (1900) by Henry Lawson.] A vision of Sandy Blight I’d been humping my back, and crouching and groaning for an hour or so in the darkest corner of the travellers’ hut, tortured by the demon of sandy blight. It was too hot to … [Read more...] about A vision of Sandy Blight [short story, by Henry Lawson]

Filed Under: short stories and anecdotes Tagged With: Henry Lawson (1867-1922) (author), On the Track (Henry Lawson 1900), short story, SourceCAPF, year1900

The songs they used to sing [short story, by Henry Lawson]

4 November 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is a chapter from On the Track (1900) by Henry Lawson.] The songs they used to sing On the diggings up to twenty odd years ago — and as far back as I can remember — on Lambing Flat, the Pipe Clays, Gulgong, Home Rule, and so through the roaring list; in bark … [Read more...] about The songs they used to sing [short story, by Henry Lawson]

Filed Under: short stories and anecdotes Tagged With: Henry Lawson (1867-1922) (author), On the Track (Henry Lawson 1900), short story, SourceCAPF, year1900

Carry on: The tale of a citizen [short story by Jack Moses]

26 October 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is a short story from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] Carry on The tale of a citizen. The man who is a citizen in his own town is a citizen in the truest sense of the word, for he is a citizen of his State, reflected … [Read more...] about Carry on: The tale of a citizen [short story by Jack Moses]

Filed Under: short stories and anecdotes Tagged With: Beyond the City Gates (Jack Moses 1923), Jack Moses (1861-1945) (author), short story, SourceCAPF, year1923

The sacrifice of Sendem [short story by Jack Moses]

26 October 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is a short story from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] The sacrifice of Sendem Now Sendem was a dog. Just a dog, a town stray, which had become very much at home at Wattle Flat. Sendem came unexpectedly, but his … [Read more...] about The sacrifice of Sendem [short story by Jack Moses]

Filed Under: short stories and anecdotes Tagged With: Beyond the City Gates (Jack Moses 1923), Jack Moses (1861-1945) (author), short story, SourceCAPF, year1923

When the pavilion opens [short story by Jack Moses]

26 October 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is a short story from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] When the pavilion opens The “big” day was bright and warm, and the crowd had congregated early at Wattle Flat Show, with a hope of doing the pavilion before the … [Read more...] about When the pavilion opens [short story by Jack Moses]

Filed Under: short stories and anecdotes Tagged With: Beyond the City Gates (Jack Moses 1923), Jack Moses (1861-1945) (author), short story, SourceCAPF, year1923

Explaining the points [short story by Jack Moses]

26 October 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is a short story from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] Explaining the points It was the day following the Wattle Flat Exhibition. Wattle Flat had not yet got back to normal conditions, in fact, Wattle Flat was still … [Read more...] about Explaining the points [short story by Jack Moses]

Filed Under: short stories and anecdotes Tagged With: Beyond the City Gates (Jack Moses 1923), Jack Moses (1861-1945) (author), short story, SourceCAPF, year1923

When the big drum beats [short story by Jack Moses]

26 October 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is a short story from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] When the big drum beats “Hi! Hi! Hi!” “Come over here — Come over, here.” The big drum beats, the crowd gathers and the show begins. A feature prominent in the … [Read more...] about When the big drum beats [short story by Jack Moses]

Filed Under: short stories and anecdotes Tagged With: Beyond the City Gates (Jack Moses 1923), Jack Moses (1861-1945) (author), short story, SourceCAPF, year1923

The bigness of Larry Logan [short story by Jack Moses]

26 October 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is a short story from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] The bigness of Larry Logan How Larry Logan came to be dubbed “Lucky Larry” is not known to many, but, maybe, there are some, in scattered spots, who know the … [Read more...] about The bigness of Larry Logan [short story by Jack Moses]

Filed Under: short stories and anecdotes Tagged With: Beyond the City Gates (Jack Moses 1923), Jack Moses (1861-1945) (author), short story, SourceCAPF, year1923

Pinched wheat [short story by Jack Moses]

26 October 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is a short story from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] Pinched wheat Ikey Isaacs and his brother Abey saw wonderful possibilities in the Poultry Industry, and thus it was that on their adjoining properties were … [Read more...] about Pinched wheat [short story by Jack Moses]

Filed Under: short stories and anecdotes Tagged With: Beyond the City Gates (Jack Moses 1923), Jack Moses (1861-1945) (author), short story, SourceCAPF, year1923

Interviewing His Excellency [short story by Jack Moses]

26 October 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is a short story from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] Interviewing His Excellency In all my long and happy association with the Wattle Flat Annual Exhibition, it has never been my good fortune to fraternise at the … [Read more...] about Interviewing His Excellency [short story by Jack Moses]

Filed Under: short stories and anecdotes Tagged With: Beyond the City Gates (Jack Moses 1923), Jack Moses (1861-1945) (author), short story, SourceCAPF, year1923

Snifter the outlaw [short story by Jack Moses]

26 October 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is a short story from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] Snifter the outlaw Queensland bred Snifter, and Queensland was proud of Snifter. Snifter was a good upstanding neddy, and could buck a treat; that’s when Clinker … [Read more...] about Snifter the outlaw [short story by Jack Moses]

Filed Under: short stories and anecdotes Tagged With: Beyond the City Gates (Jack Moses 1923), Jack Moses (1861-1945) (author), short story, SourceCAPF, year1923

Dinny of Dennisvale [short story by Jack Moses]

26 October 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is a short story from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] Dinny of Dennisvale Dinny was not a bad old sort. Dinny kept the Shamrock Arms at Dennisvale, and many a down-and-out found a knife-and-fork and a plateful of … [Read more...] about Dinny of Dennisvale [short story by Jack Moses]

Filed Under: short stories and anecdotes Tagged With: Beyond the City Gates (Jack Moses 1923), Jack Moses (1861-1945) (author), short story, SourceCAPF, year1923

The “lock-up” wood [short story by Jack Moses]

26 October 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is a short story from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] The “lock-up” wood Sergeant Flanaghan was in charge of Lightning Ridge Station, which stood at the junction of many roads, winding in the West. The Ridge became a … [Read more...] about The “lock-up” wood [short story by Jack Moses]

Filed Under: short stories and anecdotes Tagged With: Beyond the City Gates (Jack Moses 1923), Jack Moses (1861-1945) (author), short story, SourceCAPF, year1923

The show time drama [short story by Jack Moses]

26 October 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is a short story from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] The show time drama Before the days of the big moving Tent Theatre, a theatrical project which enabled patrons of the drama in the country to witness productions on … [Read more...] about The show time drama [short story by Jack Moses]

Filed Under: short stories and anecdotes Tagged With: Beyond the City Gates (Jack Moses 1923), Jack Moses (1861-1945) (author), short story, SourceCAPF, year1923

The Smoko [short story by Jack Moses]

26 October 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is a short story from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] The Smoko The “Smoko,” held annually in connection with the Wattle Flat Exhibition, is invariably described, year in and year out, as the great social gathering of … [Read more...] about The Smoko [short story by Jack Moses]

Filed Under: short stories and anecdotes Tagged With: Beyond the City Gates (Jack Moses 1923), Jack Moses (1861-1945) (author), short story, SourceCAPF, year1923

O’Moses: A tale of Wattle Flat [short story by Jack Moses]

26 October 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is a short story from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] O’ Moses A tale of Wattle Flat. Sometimes the train does not run to schedule time at Wattle Flat; most times it runs late — especially at show time, and show time … [Read more...] about O’Moses: A tale of Wattle Flat [short story by Jack Moses]

Filed Under: short stories and anecdotes Tagged With: Beyond the City Gates (Jack Moses 1923), Jack Moses (1861-1945) (author), short story, SourceCAPF, year1923

The ticker [short story by Jack Moses]

26 October 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is a short story from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] The ticker “How do I know that the watch will keep good time and won’t go to pieces?” The question came floating from the interested crowd gathered around the … [Read more...] about The ticker [short story by Jack Moses]

Filed Under: short stories and anecdotes Tagged With: Beyond the City Gates (Jack Moses 1923), Jack Moses (1861-1945) (author), short story, SourceCAPF, year1923

The chap who sells the plough [short story by Jack Moses]

26 October 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is a short story from Beyond the City Gates: Australian Story & Verse (1923) by Jack Moses.] The chap who sells the plough We have chanted the song of the man behind the plough, who justly merits the tribute, but rarely do we warble paeans to the chap who … [Read more...] about The chap who sells the plough [short story by Jack Moses]

Filed Under: short stories and anecdotes Tagged With: Beyond the City Gates (Jack Moses 1923), Jack Moses (1861-1945) (author), short story, SourceCAPF, year1923

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