Joe Wilson and His Mates

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"

Text prepared by Denis Daly

Audio edited by Denis Daly

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