Editing Henry Lawson (section)

== Honours and legacy ==
[[File:Henry Lawson Monument Sydney.jpg|thumb|Bronze statue of Lawson accompanied by a [[swagman]] and dog, [[The Domain, Sydney]], designed by [[George Washington Lambert]] and unveiled in 1931]]
[[File:Australianstamp 1539.jpg|thumb|Henry Lawson honoured in 1949]]
[[File:Henry Lawson Centre, Gulgong, NSW.jpg|thumb|Henry Lawson Centre, [[Gulgong]]]]
[[File:Australian $10 - original series - reverse.jpg|thumb|300px|Henry Lawson on the reverse of a 10 [[Australian dollar]] banknote (1966-1993)]]

A bronze statue of Lawson accompanied by a swagman, a dog and a fencepost (reflecting his writing) stands in [[The Domain, Sydney]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Domain, Henry Lawson statue|url=http://sydney-city.blogspot.com.au/2010/02/domain-henry-lawson-statue.html|work=Sydney - City and Suburbs|date=2 February 2010|publisher=[[Blogger (service)|Blogger]]|access-date=12 February 2014}}</ref> The Henry Lawson Memorial committee raised money through public donation to commission the statue by sculptor [[George Washington Lambert]] in 1927. The work was unveiled on 28 July 1931 by the [[Governor of New South Wales]], Sir [[Philip Game]].<ref name=nga>{{cite web|title=George W. Lambert retrospective|url=http://nga.gov.au/Exhibition/Lambert/Detail.cfm?IRN=163409|publisher=[[National Gallery of Australia]]|access-date=12 February 2014|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202003126/http://nga.gov.au/Exhibition/Lambert/Detail.cfm?IRN=163409|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1949 Lawson was the subject of an Australian [[postage stamp]].

Lawson's "The Drover's Wife" short story was featured on a 1991 $1.20 stamp,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://colnect.com/en/stamps/stamp/143386-The_Drovers_Wife_-_Henry_Lawson-Literature-Australia|title = Stamp: The Drover's Wife - Henry Lawson (Australia) (Literature) Mi:AU 1269,Sn:AU 1230,Yt:AU 1227,Sg:AU 1308,Sev:AU 1316}}</ref> and a 2017 $1.00 stamp,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://australiapostcollectables.com.au/stamp-issues/henry-lawson-1867-1922|title = Henry Lawson: 1867-1922}}</ref> both from Australia Post.

In 2017 Lawson was again featured on two Australian [[postage stamp]]s, one featuring ''Mitchell: A Character Sketch'' and the other The Drover's Wife and family, including dog, pitted against the snake.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://auspost.newsroom.com.au/Content/Home/02-Home/Article/Australia-Post-celebrates-Henry-Lawson-with-new-stamps/-2/-2/6150|title=Australia Post celebrates Henry Lawson with new stamps - Australia Post Newsroom|website=auspost.newsroom.com.au}}</ref>

He was featured on the [[Banknotes of the Australian dollar|first (paper) Australian ten-dollar note]] issued in 1966 when [[Australian currency|decimal currency]] was first introduced into Australia. Lawson was pictured against scenes from the town of [[Gulgong, New South Wales|Gulgong]] in [[New South Wales|NSW]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Museum of Australian Currency Notes |url=http://www.rba.gov.au/Museum/Displays/1960_1988_rba_and_reform_of_the_currency/australias_first_decimal_currency_notes.html |publisher=Reserve Bank of Australia |access-date=11 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050822211554/http://www.rba.gov.au/Museum/Displays/1960_1988_rba_and_reform_of_the_currency/australias_first_decimal_currency_notes.html |archive-date=22 August 2005}}</ref> This note was replaced by a polymer note in 1993; the polymer series had different people featured on the notes.

Lawson's treatment (or lack thereof) of [[Aboriginal Australians]] in his work has been criticised and debated.<ref>{{cite journal | title=The status of the Aborigine in the writing of Henry Lawson: a reconsideration|last=Lee|first=Christopher |date= 2002| journal= [[The La Trobe Journal]]| issue =70| pages=74–83| issn =1441-3760 | via=USQ ePrints | url=https://eprints.usq.edu.au/1228/ | access-date=3 August 2022}} [https://eprints.usq.edu.au/1228/1/Lee_2002_Publ_version.pdf PDF] and [http://latrobejournal.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latrobe-70/t1-g-t13.html here]</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Daley | first=Paul|title= When Douglas Grant met Henry Lawson: new light on Australia's dark story| website=[[The Guardian]] | date=26 February 2018 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/postcolonial-blog/2018/feb/27/when-douglas-grant-met-henry-lawson-new-light-on-australias-dark-story | access-date=3 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Colonialism and Racism [in "The Drover's Wife"]| website=LitCharts | date=28 March 2019 | url=https://www.litcharts.com/lit/the-drover-s-wife/themes/colonialism-and-racism | access-date=3 August 2022}}</ref> Author [[Ryan Butta]] writes that there are some "glaring omissions" in Lawson's writings about [[Bourke, New South Wales|Bourke]], in particular the [[Afghan cameleers in Australia|Afghan cameleers]] who were there at the time, and being written about in local newspapers, and who were responsible for opening up the interior of the continent.<ref>{{cite web | last=Kelsey-Sugg | first=Anna | title=Ryan Butta says Afghan cameleers were ignored by Henry Lawson, and our national story is the poorer for it | website=ABC News| publisher= [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] | date=3 August 2022 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-03/afghan-cameleers-ryan-butta-henry-lawson-abdul-wade/101276766 | access-date=3 August 2022}}</ref>

In 2024, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relationship between Australia and Indonesia, Indonesian composer [[Ananda Sukarlan]] was commissioned to set one of his poems to music, and Sukarlan chose "On the Night Train". It was premiered by the soprano [[Mariska Setiawan]] and the strings of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra