Lawson was born on the goldfields at grenfell, south australia, in 1867. His first poems were published in such journals as The Republican and The Bulletin. He had bouts of alcoholism and spent periods in mental and convalescent hospitals. When he died in 1922 he was given a state funeral-the first granted to an Australian author.
Lawson was born on the goldfields at grenfell, south australia, in 1867. His first poems were published in such journals as The Republican and The Bulletin. He had bouts of alcoholism and spent periods in mental and convalescent hospitals. When he died in 1922 he was given a state funeral-the first granted to an Australian author.
Lawson was born on the goldfields at grenfell, south australia, in 1867. His first poems were published in such journals as The Republican and The Bulletin. He had bouts of alcoholism and spent periods in mental and convalescent hospitals. When he died in 1922 he was given a state funeral-the first granted to an Australian author.