THE BOY IN THE BUSH

This novel is set in Western Australia and was first published in 1924. It originates from a story in a manuscript given to Lawrence by his friend Mollie Skinner, entitled The House of Ellis. Lawrence and his wife Frieda stayed with Skinner in her guesthouse in Western Australia in 1922.  The novel was later made into a miniseries in 1984, directed by Rob Stewart, starring Kenneth Branagh and Sigrid Thornton.