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LITERATURE Henry Lawson |  |
 he eldest child of Norwegian immigrant called Larsen and publisher mother Louisa Lawson. Lawson was a regular contributor to The Bulletin, as was Steele Rudd, Banjo Paterson and Joseph Furphy. He often wrote stories of larrikins and their push and even a series about a bottle-o. His poetry depicted the Australian virtue of mateship. Lawson died a poverty stricken alcoholic at Abbotsford, Sydney on 2nd September, 1922.   |
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