Children of the Bush
by Henry Lawson
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Chapters (34)
- Children of the Bush
- SEND ROUND THE HAT
- THAT PRETTY GIRL IN THE ARMY
- “LORD DOUGLAS”
- THE BLINDNESS OF ONE-EYED BOGAN
- TWO SUNDOWNERS
- A SKETCH OF MATESHIP
- ON THE TUCKER TRACK: A STEELMAN STORY
- A BUSH PUBLICAN’S LAMENT
- THE SHEARER’S DREAM
- THE LOST SOULS’ HOTEL
- THE BOOZERS’ HOME
- THE SEX PROBLEM AGAIN
- THE ROMANCE OF THE SWAG
- “BUCKOLTS’ GATE” AN AUSTRALIAN STORY
- PROLOGUE
- ACT I
- ACT II
- ACT III
- ACT IV
- THE BUSH-FIRE
- I.—SQUATTER AND SELECTOR
- II.—ROMEO AND JULIET
- III.—A TRAMP’S MATCH AND WHAT IT DID
- IV.—THE FIRE AT ROSS’S FARM
- THE HOUSE THAT WAS NEVER BUILT
- “BARNEY, TAKE ME HOME AGAIN”
- A DROVING YARN
- GETTIN’ BACK ON DAVE REGAN
- A RATHER FISHY YARN FROM THE BUSH
- “SHALL WE GATHER AT THE RIVER?”
- HIS BROTHER’S KEEPER
- THE STORY OF “GENTLEMAN ONCE”
- THE GHOSTS OF MANY CHRISTMASES
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