Loaded dog. Henry Lawson. 1985.

The Loaded Dog is Henry Lawson’s most popular comic story ; and Henry Lawson is Australia’s most popular short story writer. Though a few of his stories dealt with city life most of them were based on his memories of his boyhood at Mudgee, or on experiences and adventures he had when, in 1892, he tramped through the outback of New South Wales carrying his swag.