City Bushman: Henry Lawson and the Australian Imagination by Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee tackles Henry Lawson’s image and memory in Australia, how they were developed and have continued to develop over time as different communities have attempted to lay claim to or to discredit the memory of one of Australia’s best-known bush poets. Lee ranges over the time from Lawson’s death to the late 20th century, using Lawson’s memory as a prism through which to view segments of Australian social, political and cultural history.

Christopher Lee tackles Henry Lawson’s image and memory in Australia, how they were developed and have continued to develop over time as different communities have attempted to lay claim to or to discredit the memory of one of Australia’s best-known bush poets. Lee ranges over the time from Lawson’s death to the late 20th century, using Lawson’s memory as a prism through which to view segments of Australian social, political and cultural history.