Episode Twenty: Henry and Bertha Lawson’s Separation

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Henry Lawson’s Crumbs Podcast

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This podcast series coincides with the 100-year anniversary of Henry Lawson’s death. We explore Lawson through the eyes of a Lawson scholar and through one "meeting" Lawson for the first time. The podcast includes events from Lawson’s life and examination of his works. The series is called the Henry Lawson’s Crumbs Podcast because of a newspaper column Lawson wrote early in his career—the column was called Country Crumbs and so, borrowing “Crumbs” from that title we recognise we cannot discuss all aspects of Lawson’s life and work but, rather, we focus on interesting and significant crumbs.

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Episode Twenty: Henry and Bertha Lawson’s Separation

Henry Lawson’s Crumbs Podcast

32 minutes 36 seconds

3 years ago

Episode Twenty: Henry and Bertha Lawson’s Separation

Henry and Bertha Lawson were married on 15 April 1896. Henry was 28 and Bertha was 19 years of age. Throughout their time together in England from 1900-1902, the marriage was difficult. Upon their return to Australia in mid-1902, they separated but there followed a period of reunion-separation-reunion and further separation. Eventually, an official, judicial separation was granted on 4 June 1903. The marriage had barely lasted seven years. At the time of the separation, Henry and Bertha had two young children—Jim was 5 and Barta was 3. Throughout these difficult times, Henry Lawson penned a number of works that provide revealing insights into how he was feeling.

Lawson works discussed in the episode:

After All. Originally published in The Bulletin, 28 March 1896. Collected in Selected Poems of Henry Lawson (November 1918).

That Pretty Girl in the Army. Published in Children of the Bush (July 1902).

To Hannah. Originally published in The Bulletin, 1 September 1904. Collected in When I Was King and Other Verses (November 1905).

The Secret Whiskey Cure. Originally published in The Bulletin, 22 September 1904. Collected in When I Was King and Other Verses (November 1905).

To Jim. Originally published in The Bulletin, 9 March 1905. Collected in When I Was King and Other Verses (November 1905).

The Separation. Published in When I Was King and Other Verses (November 1905).

Hannah Thomburn. Published in For Australia and Other Poems (October 1913).

The Separated Women. Published in For Australia and Other Poems (October 1913).

Exit. Originally written 1903, but not published until after Lawson’s death. Collected in Colin Roderick (ed.) Henry Lawson: Collected Verse, Vol. 2: 1901-1909 (1968).