# Charlie Gordon — An Outback Marriage character guide

> Charlie Gordon in An Outback Marriage by Banjo Paterson.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Charles Gordon, old Gordon

**First appearance:** 0000-i-in-the-club

## Snapshot

The steady hand of Kuryong, a cattleman who measures men by their work and pours his rum for black and white alike.

## Who they are

Charlie runs the station with dry humour and an unshowy fairness that unsettles visitors expecting colonial roughness. He hosts the celebration when Considine's fortune lands, treating his Aboriginal workers and Chinese cook to the same overproof rum as the white men. His quiet authority anchors the Gordon side of the inheritance fight, and his decency throws the schemers around him into relief.

## Relationships

### [Old Man Grant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outback_marriage_se/characters/old_man_grant)

_family_

Charlie Gordon is another son of Old Man Grant, with a relationship marked by filial duty and occasional conflict.

### [Mr. Carew](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outback_marriage_se/characters/mr_carew)

_professional_

Charlie Gordon and Mr. Carew have a professional relationship, likely as employer and employee or colleagues on the station.

### [Mr. Carew](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outback_marriage_se/characters/mr_carew)

_professional_

Charlie Gordon and Mr. Carew have a professional relationship, likely as employer and employee or colleagues on the station.

### [Old Man Grant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outback_marriage_se/characters/old_man_grant)

_family_

Charlie Gordon is another son of Old Man Grant, with a relationship marked by filial duty and occasional conflict.

### [Mr. Carew](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outback_marriage_se/characters/mr_carew)

_professional_

Charlie Gordon and Mr. Carew have a professional relationship, likely as employer and employee or colleagues on the station.

### [Old Man Grant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outback_marriage_se/characters/old_man_grant)

_family_

Charlie Gordon is another son of Old Man Grant, with a relationship marked by filial duty and occasional conflict.

## In the story

### [I: In the Club](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outback_marriage_se/chapters/i-in-the-club)

Mentioned as a member of the club and a manager for Grant. He is described as a good fellow who has endured hardships in the bush.

### [IV: The Old Station](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outback_marriage_se/chapters/iv-the-old-station)

Mentioned as the son of old Gordon; his mother and brother Hugh live at Kuryong.

### [V: The Coming of the Heiress](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outback_marriage_se/chapters/v-the-coming-of-the-heiress)

Charlie is mentioned as Hugh's brother, a contrasting personality who takes life as it comes.

### [The Road to No Man's Land](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outback_marriage_se/chapters/xvi-the-road-to-no-man-s-land)

Travels with Carew to take over a cattle station for Old Man Grant; negotiates with Paddy Keogh.

### [Considine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outback_marriage_se/chapters/xvii-considine)

Witnesses the signing and the revelation of Considine's inheritance.

### [The Wild Cattle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outback_marriage_se/chapters/xviii-the-wild-cattle)

Accompanies Considine and Carew, helps plan the moonlighting expedition, and decides to return to manage Mr. Grant's stations.

### [A Chance Encounter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outback_marriage_se/chapters/xix-a-chance-encounter)

Receives the telegram about William Grant's death and confronts Peggy Donohoe at Pike's station.

### [XXI: No Compromise](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outback_marriage_se/chapters/xxi-no-compromise)

Participates in the discussion at Kuryong, dismissing the claim and suggesting Peggy stick with Considine.

### [Hugh Goes in Search](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outback_marriage_se/chapters/xxiii-hugh-goes-in-search)

Receives the letter from Redshaw and agrees to send Hugh on the search.

### [The Second Search for Considine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outback_marriage_se/chapters/xxiv-the-second-search-for-considine)

Gives Hugh instructions and emphasizes the importance of finding Considine.

### [Races and a Win](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outback_marriage_se/chapters/xxix-races-and-a-win)

Eager to race Revoke, he is disqualified after discovering the lead-bag was stolen by Red Mick. He starts the brawl by throwing the lead-bag at Red Mick.

## Links

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