Origins & Early Life

Louisa Lawson (née Albury; 17 February 1848 – 12 August 1920) was an Australian poet, writer, publisher, suffragist, and feminist. Her eldest son was the poet and author Henry Lawson. Louisa Albury was born on 17 February 1848 at Guntawang Station near Gulgong, New South Wales, the daughter of Henry Albury and Harriet Winn. She was the second of 12 children in a struggling family, and like many girls at that time left school at 13.

Pivotal Works & Achievements

On 7 July 1866 aged 18 she married Niels Larsen (Peter Lawson), a Norwegian sailor, at the Methodist parsonage at Mudgee, New South Wales. He was often away gold mining or working with his father-in-law, leaving her on her own to raise four children. Their children were Henry (b. 1867), Charles (b. 1869), Peter (b.

Enduring Legacy & Impact

1873), and twins Gertrude and Annette (b. 1877). Annette died at eight months. Louisa grieved over the loss of Annette for many years and left the care of her other children to the oldest child, Henry. This led to ill feelings on Henry's part towards his mother and the two often fought. In 1882 she, her children, and their Border Collie named Bryn moved to Sydney, where she managed boarding houses.

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