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Henry Lawson was one of Australia's greatest short story writers (I think the best) and poets, and hisn stories tell much about the people  who settle Australia and fought the tough climate and barren landscape to farm and raise livestock.  This story and the one that follows  (Pt. 2) provied accurate histrorical depictions of the men, women, and families that settled that land, and the strength of good preachers who gave the people hope and strength. 

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