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Unfortunately, in 1902 Lawson returned from London very depressed and at some time he had developed an alcohol problem and he was extremely depressed. He did not care for himself properly and in 1920 he suffered a brain haemorrhage and was hospitalised for quite some time. Henry Lawson died in a cottage in Abbotsford on the 2nd of September 1922 at the age of fifty-five. He was given one of the largest State Funerals that Sydney has ever seen.

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Henry Lawson, born on the Grenfell goldfields in New South Wales in 1867, became one of Australia's best-known fiction writers of the colonial period. Most of his works dwelt on the Australian bush, accurately depicting the difficult conditions of life on dry, dusty outback stations and in bush towns. Lawson gained a loyal following when the Bulletin started to publish his stories and poems in 1888. He was best known for works such as "While the Billy Boils", "Over the Sliprails" and his prolific short stories which smacked of dry humour and often had an ironic twist. Unlike his contemporary, A.B. "Banjo" Paterson, he did not romanticise life in the bush, and the humour he displayed tended to be dry and sardonic, rather than like Paterson's larrikin wit. Lawson died in 1922.

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He was 55. Henry Lawson was born on 17 June 1867, on the Grenfell goldfields in New South Wales, and died on 2 September 1922.

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