Australian $10 Note featuring Henry Lawson with the Gold Rush town of Gulgong as a backdrop GOLD RUSH STORIES - PART 25 - WHAT MADE GULGONG SO SIGNIFICANT TO THE GOLDRUSH?

Gold Rush Stories - Part 25 - What Made Gulgong So Significant to the Goldrush?

 Gulgong Town Sign GOLD RUSH STORIES - PART 25 - WHAT MADE GULGONG SO SIGNIFICANT TO THE GOLDRUSH?

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 Gold Rush Stories - Part 3 - Meet the Lawsons Poet Henry Lawson, his mother Louisa Lawson and Father Peter Lawson

Born in Grenfell NSW in 1867, many of Henry Lawson’s stories and poems are framed in the Mudgee / Gulgong district’s scenery where he grew till the age of 15. Before leaving school to work with his father as a carpenter building houses and other buildings in the district for a few years.

A montage of goldrush-era Gulgong street scenes was used as a backdrop to the portrait of Lawson on the first Australian ten dollar note.

Historical image of Gold Rush town Gulgong Mayne Street in 1870's GOLD RUSH STORIES - PART 25 - WHAT MADE GULGONG SO SIGNIFICANT TO THE GOLDRUSH?

Clock Tower in centre of Mudgee NSW GOLD RUSH STORIES - PART 18 - MUDGEE; CENTRE OF THE GOLDFIELDS

The Lawson family moved to the Gulgong goldfields in late 1871. Henry’s mother Louisa opened a dressmaking shop with two of her sisters. Meanwhile Henry’s father Peter had staked a claim at Happy Valley where he struck a little gold.

Around this time Louisa Lawson took the children, along with her mother, and several of her sisters, to Sydney for a holiday where they stayed in a boarding-house. It was there that Henry Lawson, who was four at the time, wandered off and got lost before showing up in a brothel wearing velveteen knickerbockers.

 
 THE STORY OF THE DOG ON THE TUCKER BOX - GUNDAGAI, SOUTH WEST SLOPES NSW

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Peter Lawson, portrait of Henry Lawson's father, approximately 1900.  https://nla.gov.au:443/tarkine/nla.obj-1639476516
Peter Lawson, portrait of Henry Lawson's father, approximately 1900.
https://nla.gov.au:443/tarkine/nla.obj-1639476516
Landsdowne - Lawson House Gulgong NSW - Built by Peter Lawson, Henry Lawson's Father 1880's
 'LANDSDOWNE' LAWSON HOUSE - GULGONG - BUILT 1880's
Louisa Lawson her son Charles William and her sister Phoebe Albury outside Mrs. Albury's dressmaking shop Gulgong area
Louisa Lawson her son Charles William and her sister Phoebe Albury outside Mrs. Albury's dressmaking shop Gulgong area

THE CAPTAINS WALK - GUIDED TOUR 1 - COOTAMUNDRA NSW Famous Australian Cricketers Statues

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This is a photo reputed by the department of Mines to be an early depiction of the Grenfell Gold Fields. https://www.grenfellrecord.com.au/story/2520876/grenfell-the-early-days-gold-gold-gold-l-photos/
This is a photo reputed by the department of Mines to be an early depiction of the Grenfell Gold Fields.
https://www.grenfellrecord.com.au/story/2520876/grenfell-the-early-days-gold-gold-gold-l-photos/
Louisa Lawson, (mother of Henry Lawson), her son Charles William (born 25 June 1869) and her sister Phoebe Albury, (dressmaker), outside Mrs. Albury's dressmaking shop, Gulgong area https://digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?embedded=true&toolbar=false&dps_pid=IE1235147&_ga=2.152168889.1665584019.1640475917-450598828.1639198000
Louisa Lawson, (mother of Henry Lawson), her son Charles William (born 25 June 1869) and her sister Phoebe Albury, (dressmaker), outside Mrs. Albury's dressmaking shop, Gulgong area
https://digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?embedded=true&toolbar=false&dps_pid=IE1235147&_ga=2.152168889.1665584019.1640475917-450598828.1639198000
FULL REFERENCES
LAWSON; SON OF A SUFFRAGETTE - PART 3 - STREETS PAVED WITH GOLD
Gold Rush Stories - Series Poster - 360 little planet image kieran wicks henry lawson, Southern cross, Great SHearers Strike

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Miners posing on Mine Head near Gulgong in the 1870's GOLD RUSH STORIES - PART 26 - EYE WITNESS ACCOUNT OF LIFE ON THE GOLDFIELDS
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