When he was 25 years old, Henry Lawson was sent into the Outback. His editor at the Bulletin gave him £5 and a one-way train ticket to Bourke. Lawson remained in the area until the middle of the following year before he travelled on the train back to Sydney. Lawson recorded his experiences and reflections of his train travel in two sketches that were published in the Bulletin—In a Dry Season (the journey to Bourke) and In a Wet Season (the journey from Bourke back to Sydney). In this episode, we discuss these two Henry Lawson prose works.

Lawson works discussed in the episode:

In a Dry Season. Originally published in the Bulletin 5 November 1892. Collected in While the Billy Boils (August 1896).

In a Wet Season: Along the Line. Originally published in the Bulletin 2 December 1893. Collected in While the Billy Boils (August 1896).