# While the Billy Boils — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for While the Billy Boils by Henry Lawson.

- [Preface to the First Edition](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/preface-to-the-first-edition.md): The publishers acknowledge the various journals in which the stories first appeared, including the Sydney Bulletin, Sydney Worker, and others, and express gratitude to the press of Australia and New Zealand for their ass
- [While the Billy Boils](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/while-the-billy-boils.md): A collection of short stories and sketches depicting the harsh realities of bush life in Australia, focusing on themes of mateship, hardship, and the struggles of itinerant workers.
- [An Old Mate of Your Father's](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/an-old-mate-of-your-father-s.md): The narrator reflects on the visits of old mates from his father's past on the goldfields. These men, relics of a bygone era, would arrive unexpectedly, bringing gifts and stories of the diggings. They would walk with th
- [Settling on the Land](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/settling-on-the-land.md): Tom Hopkins, a former tradesman, attempts to become a farmer on a selection at Dry Hole Creek, facing relentless hardships including poor soil, floods, crop diseases, livestock epidemics, conflicts with squatters and dum
- [Enter Mitchell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/enter-mitchell.md): Mitchell, a swagman, arrives at Redfern railway station and engages in a humorous exchange with a cabman about whether he needs a cab, ultimately taking one to get decent clothes.

> 48 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=while_the_billy_boils_se_763kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [Stiffner and Jim](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/stiffner-and-jim.md)
- [When the Sun Went Down](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/when-the-sun-went-down.md)
- [The Man Who Forgot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/the-man-who-forgot.md)
- [Hungerford](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/hungerford.md)
- [A Camp-Fire Yarn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/a-camp-fire-yarn.md)
- [His Country-After All](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/his-country-after-all.md)
- [A Day on a Selection](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/a-day-on-a-selection.md)
- [That There Dog o’ Mine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/that-there-dog-o-mine.md)
- [Going Blind](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/going-blind.md)
- [Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/arvie-aspinall-s-alarm-clock.md)
- [Stragglers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/stragglers.md)
- [The Union Buries Its Dead](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/the-union-buries-its-dead.md)
- [On the Edge of a Plain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/on-the-edge-of-a-plain.md)
- [In a Dry Season](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/in-a-dry-season.md)
- [He’d Come Back](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/he-d-come-back.md)
- [Another of Mitchell’s Plans for the Future](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/another-of-mitchell-s-plans-for-the-future.md)
- [Steelman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/steelman.md)
- [Drifted Back](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/drifted-back.md)
- [Remailed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/remailed.md)
- [Mitchell Doesn’t Believe in the Sack](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/mitchell-doesn-t-believe-in-the-sack.md)
- [Shooting the Moon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/shooting-the-moon.md)
- [His Father's Mate](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/his-father-s-mate.md)
- [An Echo from the Old Bark School](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/an-echo-from-the-old-bark-school.md)
- [The Shearing of the Cook’s Dog](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/the-shearing-of-the-cook-s-dog.md)
- [“Dossing Out” and “Camping”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/dossing-out-and-camping.md)
- [Across the Straits](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/across-the-straits.md)
- [The Drover’s Wife](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/the-drover-s-wife.md)
- [Steelman's Pupil](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/steelman-s-pupil.md)
- [An Unfinished Love Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/an-unfinished-love-story.md)
- [Board and Residence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/board-and-residence.md)
- [His Colonial Oath](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/his-colonial-oath.md)
- [Some Day](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/some-day.md)
- [A Visit of Condolence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/a-visit-of-condolence.md)
- [In a Wet Season](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/in-a-wet-season.md)
- [Rats](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/rats.md)
- [Mitchell: A Character Sketch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/mitchell-a-character-sketch.md)
- [The Bush Undertaker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/the-bush-undertaker.md)
- [Our Pipes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/our-pipes.md)
- [Coming Across—A Study in the Steerage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/coming-across-a-study-in-the-steerage.md)
- [Two Dogs and a Fence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/two-dogs-and-a-fence.md)
- [Jones's Alley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/jones-s-alley.md)
- [Brummy Usen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/brummy-usen.md)
- [Bogg of Geebung](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/bogg-of-geebung.md)
- [She Wouldn’t Speak](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/she-wouldn-t-speak.md)
- [The Geological Spieler](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/the-geological-spieler.md)
- [Macquarie's Mate](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/macquarie-s-mate.md)
- [Baldy Thompson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/baldy-thompson.md)
- [For Auld Lang Syne](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/for-auld-lang-syne.md)

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