*** start of the project gutenberg ebook 1036 *** joe wilson and his mates by henry lawson transcribers note: this etext was entered twice (manually) and electronically compared, by alan r. light this method assures a low rate of errors in the text--often lower than in the original. special thanks go to gary m. johnson, of takoma park, maryland, for his assistance in procuring a copy of the original text, and to the readers of soc.culture.australian and rec.arts.books (usenet newsgroups) for...