The Union Buries Its Dead
by Henry Lawson
Taken from "The Australian Short Story: An anthology from the 1890s to 1980s", published by University of Queensland Press.
Henry Lawson is Australia's best-known short story writer and poet, and today's story is said to be one of the best Australian stories ever written.
Many believe Lawson to be the first writer to truly capture the Australian way of life, and his work is an inspiration to many. He was born in 1867 on a goldfield in rural New South Wales, and died at the age of 55. He was the first writer to be given a State Funeral.
Read by David Roberts
Produced by Anne Wynter