Dilini Tilakaratna 9G

Henry Archibald Lawson was an Australian poet and writer. Many

people say that he was the first poet to capture the Australian way of
life. He was the son of a Norwegian seaman. At the age of 16, his
parents separate and he moved to Sydney with his mother. He did not
get a very good education; however, his mother gave him many
books. At the age of nine, he developed an ear infection and became
partially deaf, then at the young age of fourteen, he became
completely deaf.

1. Where and when was the poet born?

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Henry Lawson was born on the Grenfell goldfields
in New South Wales on the 17th of June, 1867.

2. List some of the poet’s most well known work.

 A Song of the Republic (his first published
poem)
 Andy’s gone with Cattle
 The Roaring Days
 The Drover’s Wife
 Sez You

3. How did the poet contribute to the shaping of the Australian identity?
You can use examples here of the he poet’s actual work to help explain
your response.
DUE DATE: 14th of August

Henry Lawson was a nationalist who cared deeply about the

future of the people of Australia. His work included a yearning for social
justice and he also believed in a predominately white Australia. In
many of his poems such as “To Be Amused,” he said that Australia’s
destiny relied on its
ts people and that we could not rely on outsiders to
come to our aid.
In many of his works, Henry Lawson illustrates his patriotism
towards Australia by writing about the land, its people and the quality
of Nationalism, such works that demonstrate this are
are ‘The Roaring Days’
(1889) and ‘The Men who made Australia’ (1901).
Lawson believed that making Australia a Republic was the only
way to identity, independence and a fair social order. His poems ‘A
Song of the Republic’ (1887) and ‘The English Queen’ (1892)
(1892) portrayed
his feelings about this idea.
 Dilini Tilakaratna 9G

1. Where and when was the artist born?

Sidney Robert Nolan was born in Melbourne in
1917.

2. List some of the artist’s most well known work.

 The Trial (1947)
 The Slip (1947)
 Boy and the Moon (1939 – 1940)
 Pretty Polly Mine (1948)
 Burke and Wills leaving Melbourne (1950)
 The Temptation of Saint. Anthony (1952)
 Rimbaud at Harihar (1963)

3. How did the artist contribute to the shaping of the Australian identity?
You can use examples here of the artist’s actual work to help explain
your response.
The bush is a famous Australian icon and is uniquely “Australian.” It was
a symbol of Australian life and was an inspiration to many artists. Sidney
Nolan was one of these artists. Sidney Nolan is well-known because of
his modernist paintings of notorious bushranger Ned Kelly, who is a
symbolic representation of the Australian identity.
DUE DATE: 14th of August

 http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/lawson/ (last
updated 3rd January, 2008)
 http://www.abc.net.au/schoolstv/australians/lawson.htm
 http://www.rochedalss.eq.edu.au/lawson.htm
 http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/lawson.htm
 http://www.protectionists.org/identity/henrylawson.htm
 http://home.alphalink.com.au/~eureka/roots2.htm
 http://www.evabreuerartdealer.com.au/nolan_paintings/_page
s/nolan_bio.html