The following abbreviations have been used for editions of published volumes used in this study:

AJHR	Appendices to the Journal of the House of Representatives, New Zealand.
AJLC	Appendices to the Journal of the Legislative Council, New Zealand.
CB	Children of the Bush, Methuen, London, 1902.
CV	Collected Verse, vol. i, 1885-1900, edited by Colin Roderick, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1967.
DWW	In the Days when the World was Wide and Other Verses, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1896.
JWM	Joe Wilson and his Mates, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1902.
OS	Over the Sliprails, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1900.
OT	On the Track, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1900.
PW	The Poetical Works of Henry Lawson, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 3rd ed., 1951.
SHL	The Stories of Henry Lawson, ed. Cecil Mann, 3 vols., Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1964.
SR	The Skyline Riders and Other Verses, Fergusson Ltd, Sydney, [1910].
T&S	On the Track and Over the Sliprails, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1900.
TL	Triangles of Life and Other Stories, Lothian Book Publishing Co., Melbourne, [1916].
VPH	Verses Popular and Humorous, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1900.
WIK	When I was King and Other Verses, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1905.