Lawson, Henry 1867-1922 creator text utu 1998 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Over the Sliprails" by Henry Lawson is a collection of short stories published in 1900. This volume gathers sixteen tales of Australian life, most reprinted from newspapers, with several appearing in print for the first time. The stories range from bush characters and shanty-keepers to sharpers and selectors' daughters, capturing diverse experiences from the Australian outback. One piece, "The Hero of Redclay," was originally conceived as a novel before Lawson condensed it into short story form for this collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) The shanty-keeper's wife -- A gentleman sharper and Steelman sharper -- An incident at Stiffner's -- The hero of Redclay -- The Darling River -- A case for the Oracle -- A daughter of Maoriland -- New year's night -- Black Joe -- They wait on the wharf in black -- Seeing the last of you -- Two boys at Grinder Brothers' -- The selector's daughter -- Mitchell on the "sex" and other "problems" -- The master's mistake -- The story of the Oracle. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_the_Sliprails Short stories Release date is 1998-05-01 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/1313 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1313 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133043.0 1313