Lawson, Henry 1867-1922 creator text utu 1998 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "On the Track" by Henry Lawson is a collection of short stories published in 1900. This volume gathers nineteen tales of Australian bush life, featuring colorful characters like swagmen, bushmen, and the memorable "Bill, the Ventriloquial Rooster." Lawson's sketches capture the raw, unvarnished reality of the outback, depicting the struggles and encounters of ordinary people navigating the harsh Australian landscape. The collection showcases both Lawson's celebrated descriptive power and his unflinching focus on the grittier aspects of frontier existence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) The songs they used to sing -- A vision of Sandy Blight -- Andy Page's rival -- The iron-bark chip -- "Middleton's Peter" -- The mystery of Dave Regan -- Mitchell on matrimony -- Mitchell on women -- No place for a woman -- Mitchell's jobs -- Bill, the ventriloquial rooster -- Bush cats -- Meeting old mates -- Two Larrikins -- Mr. Smellingscheck -- "A rough shed" -- Payable gold -- An oversight of Steelman's -- How Steelman told his story. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Track_(short_story_collection) Release date is 1998-03-01 Produced by Alan R. Light, and David Widger Original publication data not identified Australia -- Fiction Short stories, Australian PR Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1231 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1231 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133042.0 1231