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Did you know?
- Lawson's father was a Norwegian-born miner who moved to Australia to join the gold rush
- As a young boy Lawson suffered an ear infection that left him partially deaf
- His first published poem, 'A Song of the Republic' appeared un 'The Bulletin' in 1887. He was just 17.
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