An Outback Marriage · Character

Mrs. Gordon

The station matriarch who has never been snubbed in her life, and sees in Mary Grant's arrival the whole glittering world she has only read about.

supporting

Also known as Dear Mrs. Gordon

First appearance: i in the club

As a supporting figure in An Outback Marriage, Mrs. Gordon is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Lives at Kuryong homestead, mother of Charlie and Hugh.

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Mrs. Gordon presides over Kuryong and the district's small society with the ease of a woman who has always been deferred to, her authority quiet and complete. Mary Grant's coming is an event bordering on the mythological for her, a door opening onto Continent and shire and Rotten Row, all the things she has known only through print. She is generous and a little dazzled, and her hospitality sets the stage where the marriage plot and the station's daily comedies unfold together.

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Character Web

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Character groups

Supporting community and family
Protagonist
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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

Setup
Escalation
Breaking point

The emotional/psychological peak occurs when Hugh, paralyzed by his poverty and pride, is on the verge of flee…

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IV: The Old Station
Lives at Kuryong homestead, mother of Charlie and Hugh.
V: The Coming of the Heiress
Hugh's mother, who receives a letter from Mr. Grant and prepares for the heiress's arrival.
VIII: At the Homestead
Receives Mary in a motherly way, anxious about the new mistress's temperament.
Some Visitors
Provides background on Poss and Binjie, noting their bush upbringing and admiration for Miss Harriott.
X: A Lawyer in the Bush
The mistress of Kuryong who invites Blake to stay the weekend, thanking him for saving Mary Grant.

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