A Daughter of Maoriland : A Sketch of Poor-Class Maoris single work   short story  
  • Author:agent Henry Lawson http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/lawson-henry
Issue Details: First known date: 1897... 1897 A Daughter of Maoriland : A Sketch of Poor-Class Maoris
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The story of Sarah Moses, a brooding sixteen-year-old Maori girl called 'August' by her new school teacher, and a man with literary ambitions who thinks he may be able to construct a romance from her story. One day August turns up on his doorstep, claiming her family have thrown her out. The teacher and his wife take her in and all goes well at first, but gradually they realise August's real intentions.

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The Construction of the Colonial/Colonised Subject : A Postcolonial Reading of Henry Lawson’s 'A Daughter of Maoriland' Nataša Kampmark , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Romanian Journal of English Studies , no. 7 2010; (p. 183-190)
Lawson's Black Period Steve Packer , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26-28 December 2003; (p. 16-17)

Packer examines the time spent in New Zealand by Henry Lawson in 1897 and the influence that the sojourn had on Lawson and his writing. Packer then jumps forward to the year 1980 when a double homicide occurred on the grounds of the land occupied by Lawson's New Zealand residence.
y separately published work icon Henry Lawson Among Maoris William Harrison Pearson , Canberra : Australian National University Press , 1968 Z199143 1968 single work criticism
Lawson's Black Period Steve Packer , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26-28 December 2003; (p. 16-17)

Packer examines the time spent in New Zealand by Henry Lawson in 1897 and the influence that the sojourn had on Lawson and his writing. Packer then jumps forward to the year 1980 when a double homicide occurred on the grounds of the land occupied by Lawson's New Zealand residence.
The Construction of the Colonial/Colonised Subject : A Postcolonial Reading of Henry Lawson’s 'A Daughter of Maoriland' Nataša Kampmark , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Romanian Journal of English Studies , no. 7 2010; (p. 183-190)
y separately published work icon Henry Lawson Among Maoris William Harrison Pearson , Canberra : Australian National University Press , 1968 Z199143 1968 single work criticism
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