Henry Archibald Hertzberg Lawson was an Australian writer and bush poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial
Lawson c. 1915
Grenfell, Lawson's birthplace, during the 2011 Henry Lawson Festival
Portrait of Lawson, c. 1902
Lawson (right) with J. F. Archibald, founder of The Bulletin
Louisa Lawson was an Australian poet, writer, publisher, suffragist, and feminist. Her eldest son was the poet and author Henry Lawson.
Henry Lawson
…a cerebral haemorrhage, Lawson became the first Australian writer to be granted a state funeral. He was the son of the poet, publisher and feminist Louisa Lawson. Henry Lawson was born 17 June 1867 in a town on the Grenfell goldfields of New South Wales. His father was Niels Hertzberg Larsen, a Norwegian-born…
Portrait of Louisa Lawson
Louisa lawson building named photo November 2015 Greenway Canberra
Louisa lawson suffragette light box memorial greenway