50 Cents - Elizabeth II 6th Portrait - Henry Lawson - On The Edge of A Plain

Henry Lawson died in 1922 in Abbotsford, New South Wales, largely destitute despite being the most celebrated Australian writer of his generation. The Royal Australian Mint marked the centenary of his death with this release, part of a broader commemorative program acknowledging bush poets and writers whose work defined a distinctly Australian literary identity in the late colonial period. "On the Edge of a Plain" is among his most recognised bush ballads.

Lawson spent time in Darlinghurst Gaol and struggled with alcoholism throughout his adult life — the government eventually granted him a small pension in his final years.