The Fire at Ross's Farm

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"The Fire at Ross's Farm"
by Henry Lawson
Written1890
First published in The Bulletin
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Publication date6 December 1890
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"The Fire at Ross's Farm" (1890) is a poem by Australian poet Henry Lawson. [1]

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It was originally published in The Bulletin on 6 December 1890 and subsequently reprinted in several of the author's other collections, other newspapers and periodicals and a number of Australian poetry anthologies. [1]

Critical reception

Writing about the "Inspiration of the Bush" in Australian verse, a critic in The Brisbane Courier noted that "the most graphic account of a bush-fire ever written is certainly that given in Lawson's 'Fire at Ross's Farm,' which is a masterpiece." [2]

In an essay titled "'As only natives ride': Lawson's Adversity, Private Property and Australian Culture" writer Neil Boyack notes that the poem "catalogues aspects of a romanticised Australian identity: assumed mateship, hardy toughness, hearts of gold, a sense of fairness and adaptation to landscape. But through Lawson's simple, cut-to-the-bone prose and word power he creates harshness, uncertainty and a violence that at once dispels this romance." [3]

Publication history

After the poem's initial publication in The Bulletin it was reprinted as follows:

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References

  1. 1 2 "Austlit — "The Fire at Ross's Farm" by Henry Lawson". Austlit. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  2. ↑ ""Inspiration of the Bush"". The Brisbane Courier, 26 July 1924, p19. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  3. ↑ ""'As only natives ride': Lawson's Adversity, Private Property and Australian Culture" by Neil Boyack". Stralian Stories May 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Short Stories in Prose and Verse (L. Lawson)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "The Children's Lawson (A&R)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "The Australian Christmas (Heinemann)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "A Campfire Yarn : Henry Lawson Complete Works 1885-1900 (Lansdowne)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  8. ↑ "Henry Lawson : An Illustrated Treasury (Lansdowne)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  9. ↑ "A Collection of Australian Bush Verse (Peter Antill-Rose)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  10. ↑ "Family Ties : Australian Poems of the Family (OUP)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  11. ↑ "Classic Australian Verse (Five Mile Press)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
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