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Joe Wilson and His Mates



by Henry Lawson



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Joe Wilson and his mates, by Henry Lawson





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Introduction:





Henry Lawson was born near Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia

on 17 June 1867.  Although he has since become the most acclaimed

Australian writer, in his own lifetime his writing was often "on the side" --

his "real" work was whatever he could find, often painting houses,

or doing rough carpentry.  His writing was often taken

from memories of his childhood, especially at Pipeclay/Eurunderee.

In his autobiography, he states that many of his characters

were taken from the better class of diggers and bushmen he knew there.

His experiences at this time deeply influenced his work,

for it is interesting to note a number of descriptions and phrases

that are identical in his autobiography and in his stories and poems.

He died in Sydney, 2 September 1922.  Much of his writing was for periodicals,

and even his regular publications were so varied, including books

originally released as one volume being reprinted as two, and vice versa,

that the multitude of permutations cannot be listed here.

However, the following should give a basic outline of his major works.





  Books of Short Stories:

    While the Billy Boils  (1896)

    On the Track  (1900)

    Over the Sliprails  (1900)

    The Country I Come From  (1901)     | These works were first published

    Joe Wilson and His Mates  (1901)    | in England, during or shortly after

    Children of the Bush  (1902)        | Lawson's stay there.

    Send Round the Hat  (1907)          | These two books were first published

    The Romance of the Swag  (1907)     | as "Children of the Bush".

    The Rising of the Court  (1910)



  Poetry:

    In the Days When the World Was Wide  (1896)

    Verses Popular and Humorous  (1900)

    When I Was King and Other Verses (1905)

    The Skyline Riders (1910)

    Selected Poems of Henry Lawson (1918)





Joe Wilson and His Mates was later published as two separate volumes,

"Joe Wilson" and "Joe Wilson's Mates", which correspond to Parts I & II

in Joe Wilson and His Mates.  This work was first published in England,

which may be evident from some of Lawson's comments in the text

which are directed at English readers.  For example, Lawson writes

in `The Golden Graveyard':  "A gold washing-dish is a flat dish --

nearer the shape of a bedroom bath-tub than anything else

I have seen in England, or the dish we used for setting milk --

I don't know whether the same is used here. . . ."



     .    .    .    .    .



An incomplete glossary of Australian, British, or antique terms and concepts

which may prove helpful to understanding this book:





"A house where they took in cards on a tray" (from Joe Wilson's Courtship):

  An upper class house, with servants who would take a visitor's card

  (on a tray) to announce their presence, or, if the family was out,

  to keep a record of the visit.



Anniversary Day:  Mentioned in the text, is now known as Australia Day.

  It commemorates the establishment of the first English settlement

  in Australia, at Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour), on 26 January 1788.



Gin:  An obvious abbreviation of "aborigine", it only refers

  to *female* aborigines, and is now considered derogatory.

  It was not considered derogatory at the time Lawson wrote.



Jackaroo:  At the time Lawson wrote, a Jackaroo was a "new chum"

  or newcomer to Australia, who sought work on a station to gain experience.

  The term now applies to any young man working as a station hand.

  A female station hand is a Jillaroo.  Variant:  Jackeroo.



Old-fashioned child:  A child that acts old for their age.

  Americans would say `Precocious'.



'Possum:  In Australia, a class of marsupials that were originally

  mistaken for possums.  They are not especially related to the possums

  of North and South America, other than both being marsupials.



Public/Pub.:  The traditional pub. in Australia was a hotel

  with a "public" bar -- hence the name.  The modern pub has often

  (not always) dispensed with the lodging, and concentrated on the bar.



Tea:  In addition to the regular meaning, Tea can also mean

  a light snack or a meal (i.e., where Tea is served).

  In particular, Morning Tea (about 10 AM) and Afternoon Tea (about 3 PM)

  are nothing more than a snack, but Evening Tea (about 6 PM) is a meal.

  When just "Tea" is used, it usually means the evening meal.

  Variant:  Tea-time.



Tucker:  Food.



Shout:  In addition to the regular meaning, it also refers to buying drinks

  for all the members of a group, etc.  The use of this term can be confusing,

  so the first instance is footnoted in the text.



Sly-grog-shop:  An unlicensed bar or liquor-store.



Station:  A farm or ranch, especially one devoted to cattle or sheep.



Store Bullock:  Lawson makes several references to these.

  A bullock is a castrated bull.  Bullocks were used in Australia for work

  that was too heavy for horses.  `Store' may refer to those cattle,

  and their descendants, brought to Australia by the British government,

  and sold to settlers from the `Store' -- hence, the standard draft animal.



Also:  a hint with the seasons -- remember that the seasons are reversed

  from those in the northern hemisphere, hence June may be hot,

  but December is even hotter.  Australia is at a lower latitude

  than the United States, so the winters are not harsh by US standards,

  and are not even mild in the north.  In fact, large parts of Australia

  are governed more by "dry" versus "wet" than by Spring-Summer-Fall-Winter.





     -- Alan Light, Monroe, North Carolina, June 1997.

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