Henry Lawson
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Updated: 17 Oct 2017
Henry Lawson Life Timeline
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Born 17 June at Grenfell, NSW to father Niels Larsen, Norwegian sailor-turned-digger, and Australian-born Louisa (born Albury)1868 Parents move to New Pipeclay (later Eurunderee), near Mudgee1871 Family moves to goldfields at Gulgong1873 Lawsons return to Pipeclay, take up selection1875-79 Attends school at Eurunderee, Pipeclay Creek and Mudgee1880-83 Goes to work with father, now a carpenter1883 Moves to Sydney to be with his mother – parents separated1884-87 Apprenticed as a coach painter1887-88 Lawson's mother publishes political paper The Republican, Lawson contributes to it and to The Bulletin; visits Melbourne and Ballarat1888-90 Lawson contributes to Town and Country Journal, Freeman's Journal and Truth; travels to Albany, WA for five months1891 On staff at The Boomerang, a Brisbane weekly1892-93 Travels to Bourke; writes for The Western Herald and sends work to The Bulletin; works as a house painter in Bourke and a rouseabout at Toorale station; walks to Hungerford, on Queensland border, and back1893 Travels to New Zealand1894 Returns to Sydney; works for papers Daily Worker and Worker; first book - Short Stories in Prose and Verse - published by his mother1895 Meets his future wife, Bertha Bredt1896 In the Days When the World Was Wide published; marries Bertha Bredt, 18; travels to Perth; While the Billy Boils published1897 Moves to New Zealand1898 Son Joseph Henry born; returns to Sydney1899-1900 On the Track and Over the Sliprails and Verses Popular and Humorous published; daughter Bertha Marie Louise born; moves to England1901 The Country I Come From and Joe Wilson and His Mates published1902 Children of the Bush published; returns to Australia1903 Separates from Bertha; lives a vagrant's life in Sydney1904 Taken in by Isabel Byers, who will care for him for many of his remaining years1905 Jailed for not paying maintenance; When I Was King and Other Verses published1906 Sells copyright of Children of the Bush to Angus & Robertson1908-09 First of a series of confinements in Darlinghurst Mental Hospital; jailed for defaulting on maintenance1910 The Rising of the Court and The Skyline Riders and Other Verses published1911 Again admitted to mental hospital; A Coronation Ode and Retrospect published1912-13 Living as an alcoholic vagabond in Sydney1914 Twice visits childhood area of Mudgee/Eurunderee1915 My Army, O My Army published; moves to Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, NSW1918-19 Partly sustained by an allowance from his publishers but often seen with his hat out at Circular Quay1920 Lawson's mother dies in Gladesville Mental Hospital1921 Three months in hospital after a cerebral haemorrh1922 Dies on 2 September at Abbotsford, Sydney, aged 55; given state funeral and buried at Waverley Cemetery.
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