And opposite the bench, the dock, divided by a partition, with the wo… — Henry Lawson

And opposite the bench, the dock, divided by a partition, with the women to the left and the men to the right, as it is on the stairs or the block in polite society.

Henry LawsonWriter · Australian · 1867 – 1922

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