Standard Module A

Elective: Distinctly Visual

Text: Henry Lawson, The Penguin Henry Lawson Short Stories

Henry Lawson

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Lawson

http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100016b.htm

http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/lawson/

The stories set for study:

• The Drover's Wife

An essay: http://www.123helpme.com/assets/5147.html

www.austlit.edu.au/common/fulltext-content/pdfs/.../brn21819.pdf

• In a Dry Season

Some background: http://www.robynleeburrows.com/pdf/henryLawson_extract.pdf

A book rap: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/raps/henry/tsupport.htm

http://www.henrylawson.org/henry-lawson/uncategorized/henry-lawson-in-new-australian-literature-anthology/

• The Loaded Dog

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Loaded_Dog

Jack Thompson readinbg the story on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oD_weqL79hQ

Another reading: http://ladymaggic.podomatic.com/entry/2008-03-14T03_11_58-07_00

• Joe Wilson's courtship

An essay: www.austlit.edu.au/common/fulltext-content/pdfs/.../brn21736.pdf