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The Drover's Wife single work   short story  
  • Author:agent Henry Lawson http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/lawson-henry
Issue Details: First known date: 1892... 1892 The Drover's Wife
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Alternative title: Des Überländers Weib
Language: German
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Aus einer neuen Literatur : Australische Erzählungen und Plaudereien Stefan von Kotze , Berlin : Fontane , 1906 Z1032655 1906 selected work short story Berlin : Fontane , 1906
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Drover's Wife : A Celebration of a Great Australian Love Affair Frank Moorhouse (editor), Sydney : Knopf Australia , 2017 11524652 2017 anthology short story criticism

    'Since Henry Lawson wrote his story The Drover’s Wife in 1892, Australian writers, painters, performers, and photographers have created a wonderful tradition of Drover’s Wife works, stories, and images.

    'The Russell Drysdale painting from 1945 has become an Australian icon.

    'Other versions of the Lawson story have been written by Murray Bail, Frank Moorhouse, Barbara Jefferis, Mandy Sayer, David Ireland and others, up to the present including Ryan O’Neill’s graphic novel.

    'Moorhouse has examined our ongoing fascination with this story, collected some of the best pieces of writing on the subject, adding commentary on each piece, and created a remarkable, gorgeous book.' (Publication Summary)

    Sydney : Knopf Australia , 2017
    pg. 3-14
Notes:
This version of Lawson's story is substantially expurgated. Passages about swearing, hardship, loneliness and the woman's relationship with the drover are omitted.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The School Paper for Classes V and VI no. 143 August 1911 Z1568034 1911 periodical issue 1911 pg. 106-109
    Note: Illustration by E. R. Rix. Caption: 'She has an eye on the corner'.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The School Paper for Grades VII and VIII no. 299 March 1925 Z1659402 1925 periodical issue children's 1925 pg. 18-21
    Note: With portrait of the author.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The School Paper : Grades VII and VIII no. 309 February 1926 Z1660703 1926 periodical issue children's 1926 pg. 2-5
    Note: Illustration by E. R. Rix. Caption: 'The dog lies still, an the woman sits as one fascinated.'
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The School Paper : Grades VII and VIII no. 349 September 1929 Z1452955 1929 periodical issue children's 1929 pg. 122-125
    Note: Illustration: '"The dog lies still, and the woman sits as one fascinated"', drawn for The School Paper by E. H. Rix.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Victorian Readers : Fifth Book Melbourne : Victoria Education Department , 1930 Z1439619 1930 anthology poetry prose Melbourne : Victoria Education Department , 1930 pg. 24-29
    Note: Epigraph: "On the frontiers of the nation live the women of the west" (George Essex Evans, q.v.).
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Victorian Readers : Fifth Book Melbourne : Victoria Education Department , 1930 Z1439619 1930 anthology poetry prose Melbourne : Victoria Education Department , 1940 pg. 22-27
    Note: Epigraph: "On the frontiers of the nation live the women of the west" (George Essex Evans, q.v.).
Alternative title: Isteri Gembala
Alternative title: Die Frau des Viehtreibers
Language: German
Alternative title: La Moglie del Drover
Language: Italian
Alternative title: Die Frau des Viehtreibers
Language: German
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