# Patrick Henry Considine — An Outback Marriage character guide

> Patrick Henry Considine in An Outback Marriage by Banjo Paterson.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Considine, Pat, Paddy, old Considine

**First appearance:** 0016-xvii-considine

## Who they are

A long-vanished bushman whose name surfaces in the Donohoe claim, and whose whereabouts could unravel everything.

## In the story

### [A Dinner for Five](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outback_marriage_se/chapters/ii-a-dinner-for-five)

Considine is the man Carew is searching for; he may be the son of a deceased great-uncle and entitled to a fortune.

### [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)

Living as 'old Paddy Keogh' at No Man's Land; reveals his true identity and signs over the property.

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

Revealed as the missing heir; signs over his land; discloses his marriage to a woman at Pike's pub.

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

Takes delivery of the cattle, worries about his wife Peg and inheritance, leads the moonlighting expedition, and plans to go to England.

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

Denies being Peggy's husband to protect his inheritance, then vanishes before the coach departs.

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

The fugitive Hugh is searching for to obtain the truth and save the family.

### [In the Buffalo Camp](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outback_marriage_se/chapters/xxv-in-the-buffalo-camp)

Found at the buffalo camp; refuses to acknowledge his marriage to Peggy Donohoe or give evidence, burning the summons.

### [The Saving of Considine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outback_marriage_se/chapters/xxvi-the-saving-of-considine)

Considine is frying buffalo meat at dawn, maintains a dogged silence about Hugh's visit, and insists on riding the boco horse for the hunt.

### [A Legal Battle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outback_marriage_se/chapters/xxviii-a-legal-battle)

Found and kept secret; weary of city life, he proposes to Peggy to drop the case and go to England.

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