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Will Lawson (2 September 1876 – 13 October 1957), born in Durham, England, was a popular bush poet, novelist, journalist and historian of Australia.
Will's parents moved to Brisbane, Australia around 1885, where he received some education, then moved to Wellington, New Zealand, where he worked as a clerk in an insurance office, and began writing poems for The Bulletin. In 1912 he returned to Australia and joined the staff of Sydney's Evening News, also writing for Smith's Weekly and The Bulletin.
He was associated with the Sydney Bohemian artistic scene and such well-known figures as Randolph Bedford, Edward Dyson, Will Dyson, Livingston Hopkins, Percy Lindsay, Roderic Quinn. Although not related to Henry Lawson, he was a friend of his widow Bertha.
Sources
- Wilde, William H, Hooton, Joy, Andrews, Barry Oxford Companion to Australian Literature Oxford University Press, 2nd ed. 1994 ISBN 0 19553381 X